As tensions in Venezuela rise, Congress considers checks on presidential military power, signaling a broader effort to constrain executive action overseas.

President Donald Trump nominated Carter, an investigative journalist who has covered the fentanyl crisis and border security, for the post last year. She will officially serve as the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

In recent days, the president has threatened Venezuela's next leaders, slammed Colombia, warned Iran and called for acquiring Greenland while mocking its ability to defend itself.

"The difference [between Maduro and Trump] is Maduro was successful," U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett told ABC's "The View."

A group of senior Trump administration officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will brief all senators Wednesday morning on the situation in

U.S. District Judge David Novak of Richmond—who was appointed by Donald Trump in 2019— filed an order late Tuesday, giving Halligan seven days to explain why she is lying about overseeing the legal matters of the Eastern District of Virginia.

Republicans are worried that President Trump may embrace a new round of nation-building in Venezuela, something he renounced earlier in his political career. The prospect of the United