Deposed leader Nicolas Maduro arrives in New York; US to run Venezuela

Trump’s attention to foreign affairs provides fuel for Democrats to criticize him ahead of midterm congressional elections in November, when control of both houses of Congress is at stake. Republicans control both chambers by narrow margins.

Opinion polls show the top concern for voters is high prices at home, not foreign policy. “How does going to war in South America help regular Americans who are struggling?” US Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, wrote on X.

Outside the White House, about 100 protesters organized by the ANSWER Coalition, an anti-war group, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which has supported Maduro in the past, called on the White House to return Maduro to Venezuela, calling it a “kidnapping.” —Reuters