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This is the Pentagon chambering an administrative round at a sitting senator’s military pension.

A clean operation can remove a dictator, but it cannot erase the precedent that the United States is willing to decide, by force, who gets to lead.

If Washington starts talking like it can “govern” Venezuela from across an ocean, it stops sounding like a partner in democracy and starts sounding like the kind of power that mistakes a crisis for an invitation.

When the grenade hit the dirt and the clock ran out, Leroy Petry did not look for cover or permission, he reached down, made the only decision that mattered, and paid for it so his Rangers would live.

Trump warns drug states as Venezuela shifts and global tensions rise. Here’s your Monday morning brief for January 5, 2026.

Maduro remains in U.S. custody as Venezuelans celebrate and stabilization plans take shape, RAF Typhoons struck an ISIS weapons cache in Syria, Wagner continues fueling Sudan’s RSF proxy war, and gunmen killed at least 30 in a raid in Nigeria.

When Washington turns deterrence into a headline and lets dictators treat red lines like punchlines, do not act surprised when the only thing they fear is the sound of rotor blades.

Fort Gordon’s name has shifted from honoring Confederate Gen. John Brown Gordon to Fort Eisenhower and back again, now commemorating Medal of Honor recipient Delta Force operator Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, whose sacrifice at Mogadishu defines the values the Army wants the post to represent.

Removing a head of state without clear legal authority can destabilize regions, undermine democratic credibility, and create long-term security risks that diplomacy and restraint are better suited to manage.

Pipehitters delivers relentless, research-heavy zombie warfighting while turning Yaël Sion’s story into a hard lesson on how isolation and arrogance get people hurt, and why trust, connection, and the team are the only way elite operators survive the long grind.

Delta Force with DEVGRU support removed Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. moves toward prosecution and a short stabilization plan, Iran threatened U.S. forces after Trump warned Tehran over killing protesters, and Russia claimed Huliaipole while Ukraine and independent mappers describe a heavily contested gray zone in Zaporizhzhia.

Reports indicate Delta Force with DEVGRU support captured Nicolás Maduro in a pre-dawn raid as U.S. airstrikes sank narco-trafficking boats and the Coast Guard searched for survivors, while off-duty NYPD officers saved choking infants in separate life-saving rescues.