It is not in the U.S. interest to start a war against Venezuela, the U.S. opposition warned as explosions shook Caracas. The Trump administration describes the capture of President Nicolás Maduro as the arrest of a criminal.
ConflictsThe Democrats' whip in the senate, Dick Durbin from Illinois, is not running for re-election next year. The news is shaking his battered party group.
World politicsThe personnel strength at the US Department of State is to be reduced by 15 percent and over 100 offices are to be closed, according to a downsizing plan. Foreign Minister Marco Rubio states that it is about a change of course from "decades of excess and bureaucracy".
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