After a stunning raid by U.S forces in Venezuela that captured the country's president and his wife, President Trump declared the U.S. was in charge.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed Sunday with “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan after she questioned why the United States didn’t arrest other indicted members of the Venezuelan government.

Rubio’s positions have already seemed to shift. The U.S. is not turning to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, or Edmundo Gonzalez, who greatly outpolled Maduro in the 2024 election that Maduro then stole. Last January, Rubio called Gonzalez Venezuela’s rightful president.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the limited scope of the military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, calling a CBS host's questions about broader regime arrests "absurd."

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for “not being straight with the American people” about President Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela, and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

The secretary of state's latest remarks came after he told reporters that he'd be "concerned" if he were a government official in Havana.

The question came following the U.S.-ordered military attack in Venezuela and the capture of the country’s President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Maduro is set to be taken to New York to face drug and weapons charges.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has pinned much of his political career on combating the far left, is having a big moment as he helps President Trump navigate the fallout of capturing