From NPR.

President Trump claimed overnight that the United States carried out airstrikes in Venezuela and "captured" President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, following a series of explosions and fires reported around Caracas in the early hours of the morning.

• Read or listen to: "U.S. hit Venezuela with ‘large-scale strike,’ captured Nicolás Maduro, Trump says" at https://www.npr.org/2026/01/03/g-s1-104329/explosions-caracas-venezuela

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