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Gold -- like oil -- is crucial for Venezuela's government. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with CNN journalist Isa Soares, who won an Emmy for her coverage of the gold trade in the country.

What's next for the U.S. engagement in Venezuela? President Trump says the U.S. will run the country for now, but there are no American troops or diplomats in the country.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, about the Trump administration's military operation in Venezuela.

The U.S. Mint is releasing commemorative coins to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary. But there is controversy over the coin designs the Trump administration chose not to released.

New coins marking the United States' 250th anniversary begin circulating this week. The Trump administration tweaked the design of some coins and is considering a dollar coin featuring the president.

President Trump says the U.S. will now "run" Venezuela after capturing its leader. Here's how the politics could play out at home.

With his attack on Venezuela, President Trump says the Monroe Doctrine is back, reviving a more than 200-year-old foreign policy idea. In Cuba, residents brace for what that could mean for them.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kevin Whitaker, former U.S. ambassador to Colombia and former U.S. deputy chief of mission in Venezuela, about the U.S. raid on Caracas and engagement in Venezuela.

As the Trump administration tries to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR investigative project is preserving evidence of the crimes committed that day.

The U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro marks the beginning of a long court process amid questions about the legality of the extraction itself.