International Law The Unwritten Authority the United States Just Claimed The United States has removed foreign leaders before, but it has rarely done so while insisting it was executing criminal process and simultaneously assuming responsibility for what remained of the state.
Geopolitics The Line Washington Finally Crossed in Venezuela Before dawn on January 3, the United States did something it has spent decades insisting it does not do. President Donald Trump said U.S. forces carried out large-scale military strikes inside Venezuela and removed President Nicolás Maduro from the country.