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What Happened Today – January 4, 2026

Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez at diplomatic meeting with Brazilian President Lula and French President Macron in Brussels 2023

Photo: Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez met with world leaders including Brazil's Lula and France's Macron in Brussels in 2023, before Trump threatened her with "a very big price" for defiance. (Palácio do Planalto, CC BY 2.0)

Marco Rubio told you why we attacked Venezuela. Asked on Meet the Press about elections in the country we just invaded, the Secretary of State said discussing them is “premature.” Higher priorities than democracy, he explained, including reinvigorating the oil industry, must be addressed first. There’s nothing ambiguous when the nation’s top diplomat says on … Read more