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President Donald Trump said the U.S. "successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela" and said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were "captured and flown out of the Country."  The announcement on Trump’s social media platform came shortly before 4:30 a.m. Saturday a few hours after several explosions were heard in Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas.  Click here for more on this story.  

Tesla on Friday reported a second straight annual drop in electric vehicle sales, as the phaseout of a $7,500 federal EV tax credit and mounting competition weighed on demand. With the decline, Tesla lost its title as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker.  Click here for more.

Click here to read about how Iran's president says his country is in a 'full-scale war' with the US, Israel and Europe as the hostile nation looks to rebuild its nuclear capabilities. President Masoud Pezeshkian issued the chilling proclamation in an interview with the state-controlled media on Saturday, saying that he believes Iran is already at war with the West. 'We are in a full-scale war with the US, Israel and Europe; they don’t want our country to remain stable,' Pezeshkian said. 

As 2025 wraps up, it's another in a string of years after the 2020 pandemic in which most Americans consistently voiced negative views about the economy amid ongoing concerns about costs — a topic that looks poised to dominate 2026, too.   That's because in the eyes of many Americans today, the U.S. is an expensive place to live.  Click here for more on this story.  

Construction of the White House's planned $300 million ballroom is expected to be completed in the summer of 2028, just months before President Trump leaves office, according to an environmental assessment prepared by the National Park Service in late August.  Click here for more.