Hegseth was asked by CBS News’s Tony Dokoupil to elaborate on Trump’s statement after the strikes that the United States would temporarily “run” Venezuela as it transitions to new leadership. While not disclosing what such intervention would look like, Hegseth did suggest the U.S. will have a heavy hand in the process.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the press conference praised the soldiers who carried out the Venezuelan operation early on Jan. 3, describing them as the “elite of America.”

President Donald Trump has unveiled his overarching goal in removing Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro: to assert American dominance of the Western Hemisphere with a new foreign policy: the “Donroe Doctrine”.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to make an announcement alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday afternoon. The event has been set for 4:30 p.m. ET, but no further details have yet been revealed about what the president intends to say.

Why did Trump attack Venezuela? His press conference made his true motivations shockingly clear. It was jaw dropping TV. Or it should have been.

Lago’s "Tea Room," Donald Trump said that Venezuela “stole our oil,” and that “We couldn’t let them get away with it.”

The White House has released images showing US President Donald Trump and his national security team monitoring Operation Absolute Resolve, the US mil.

Lawmakers urge an emergency War Powers vote as Trump threatens more illegal attacks and US control of Venezuela.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is once again under scrutiny after a clip went viral on social media showing Sen. Mark Kelly questioning him during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. At the time,

Secretary Pete Hegseth praised the U.S. operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.