Follow the latest news and analysis from Washington as the suspension of federal funding heads toward the 35-day record.

One day after ordering the Trump administration to continue funding food stamps during the shutdown, a federal court gave the government a choice. It can either make full payments by Monday, or ...

U.S. warships are amassing off the coast of Venezuela to prepare for a possible strike against military installations inside the country, Miami Herald reporting has confirmed. And the Bolivarian ...

Oil prices rose $0.82 a barrel Friday morning following reports that the U.S. may strike military targets within Venezuela that the Trump administration associates with drug trafficking. Prices then ...

Venezuela, on high alert over a US military deployment off its coast that has stirred invasion fears, will hold disaster ...

Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are ratcheting up, with a showdown between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro putting ...

Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said Saturday the country is conducting military exercises to protect its coast ...

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro claims the U.S. is waging a war against him as the world's largest warship nears the ...

Marines operating under US Southern Command conducted live-fire training on a US assault ship just off the coast of Venezuela.

AN American warship stacked with 1,600 Marines is edging to within striking distance of Venezuela – hours after it was reported Donald Trump is ready to attack at any moment. Trump has been ...

President Donald Trump is going to Japan and South Korea next week to promote an epic financial windfall — at least $900 ...