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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending the Trump administration's military operation in Venezuela.
In the first public hearing since the intervention that led to the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro, Rubio appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday, saying the U.S.
is more secure as a result and does not plan another military action in Venezuela.
Venezuela's ruling party, meanwhile, trying to show a united front as the nation is pressured by the Trump administration to make major political and economic reforms.
Members of the military swore their loyalty to acting President Delcy Rodriguez Wednesday.
Manuel Rueda has more from Caracas.
Despite pressure from President Trump, the Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to keep interest rates unchanged, leaving its key rate at about 3.6 percent after lowering it three times last year.
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
President Trump spoke about de-escalating tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigrations, but there has been little evidence of any significant changes as immigration enforcement operations and confrontations with activists continue in the Twin Cities.
NPR's Ariel Martinez Beltran has the latest.
Also in Minneapolis, the Justice Department has charged 16 people with assaulting or impeding federal officers during their immigration crackdown.
Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio has more.
FBI agents were in Georgia Wednesday conducting a search of the elections office in Fulton County.
The site was at the center of President Trump's false allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.
Tens of thousands of residents across Mississippi are still without power or heat following that winter storm that swept through parts of the Deep South over the weekend.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Will Stribling reports.
Mississippi and Tennessee account for the majority of power outages from last weekend's storm, and forecasters are warning of another storm expected to move into the region this weekend.
Partial government shutdown seems increasingly likely as the Senate heads towards a crucial vote Thursday on legislation that would fund the Homeland Security Department and other government agencies.