Possible Nobel leak was likely espionage, committee secretary says
The odds of Maria Corina Machado winning the prize jumped from 3.75% to nearly 73% before the announcement was made.
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The odds of Maria Corina Machado winning the prize jumped from 3.75% to nearly 73% before the announcement was made.
Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, who is the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "Congress is being told nothing" about the Trump administration's strikes on Venezuelan vessels that are allegedly being used to carry drugs. "Based on what I know now" and the White House's memo on the strikes, "these are illegal killings," Himes added.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for keeping "the flame of democracy burning amid growing darkness." Machado opened up to CBS News about her decades of fighting for fair elections in an exclusive interview while in hiding.
Maria Corina Machado, 58-year-old leader of the pro-democracy movement in Venezuela, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for keeping "the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness." Lilia Luciano spoke to Machado for her only interview with a U.S. news organization.
President Trump has publicly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize, but was passed over this year. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado received the prize for her work "promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela." Political strategists Meghan Hays and Rina Shah join "The Takeout" to discuss.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy in her country.
An emotional Maria Corina Machado can be heard saying she was honored, humbled and grateful "on behalf of the Venezuelan people" to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Maria Corina Machado, a leading voice against President Nicolás Maduro, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Machado, who is currently in hiding, was recognized for uniting Venezuela's opposition after last year's disputed election.
In 2024 Venezuela's authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro used the military to enforce his claims of victory in a disputed election. Martha Teichner talked with Venezuelan opposition leader-in-hiding María Corina Machado about the crisis gripping her country. On Oct. 10, 2025, Machado was named recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. (First aired Nov. 3, 2024.)
Venezuelan political opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.
Maduro's government expressed its expectation of an "armed attack" against Venezuela in "a very short time."
The president of Colombia alleged the U.S. military struck a boat carrying Colombian citizens — which the White House vehemently denied.
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are mounting as the U.S. continues what it's calling a non-international armed conflict with drug cartels. Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, joins CBS News to discuss.
Attorney General Pam Bondi declined to comment on the legal justification for the recent strikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela's coast. "I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have given or issued at the direction of the president on this matter," Bondi told Sen. Chris Coons at a Senate hearing.
Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago are fearing that a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean could kill them and their livelihoods.
The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants.
U.S. forces carried out a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela on Friday, killing four people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on social media another strike targeting a vessel allegedly connected to narco-trafficking off the coast of Venezuela. CBS News' Reed Cowan reports.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro placed Venezuela on high alert over a major U.S. military deployment near his country's coast.
At a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina asked FBI Director Kash Patel about the recent U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat from Venezuela, China's role in the fentanyl problem and other topics.
President Trump announced Monday the U.S. military carried out a second strike against an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata has the latest.
For the second time this month, President Trump said he ordered U.S. military forces to strike a boat he claimed was carrying illegal drugs from Venezuela to the U.S. The strike killed three people. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.
The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly three decades.
President Trump announced the U.S. military has carried out a second strike on alleged Venezuelan "narcoterrorists" in international waters. Charlie D'Agata has details.
Venezuela's foreign ministry said nine fishermen were "illegally and hostilely" detained on Friday by the USS Jason Dunham.
President Trump's declaration comes as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
An 11th-hour effort by moderate Republicans to put an extension on the floor for a vote failed Tuesday night.
Officials in Los Angeles held a news conference about the killings of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, who were found dead in their home Sunday.
In several zoomed-in videos police say were captured on the East Side of Providence approximately two hours before the shooting, the person of interest is seen walking on a sidewalk and looking around.
Democrats have called on the Pentagon to release the full video of the "double-tap" U.S. strike that killed two survivors who were alive after an initial strike.
President Trump on Tuesday more than doubled the list of countries subject to his travel ban or to heavy restrictions, bringing the total number of nations affected to 39.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., put limits on what construction crews can do on the project over the next two weeks.
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo succeeded Anthony Fauci in leading the vaccine research division at the National Institutes of Health.
President Trump said he will deliver an address live to the nation Wednesday at 9 p.m.