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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said this week that his country is willing to have "serious" talks with the U.S. on drug trafficking and oil. This comes as the Trump administration has ramped up a monthslong pressure campaign to force a government change in Venezuela.

President Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged threats Friday after days of protests over inflation in the Islamic Republic. FOX's Lucas Tomlinson joins LiveNOW's Josh Breslow with the latest details from the Trump administration.

President Trump on Friday warned that the United States would intervene if Iran begins killing protesters, stating that the US is ‘locked and loaded and ready to go.’ Behnam Ben Taleblu with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies joins LiveNOW’s Josh Breslow to break down the latest.

Brazil New Year's fireworks: Thousands of revelers dressed in white celebrate on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, welcoming 2026 with an epic fireworks display.

We are gathering more information tonight after the Department of Homeland Security announced it was changing its longstanding lottery system for H-1B work visas to a new approach. The Trump administration is aiming to prioritize skilled, higher-paid foreign workers according to the announcement. LiveNOW's Shawna Khalafi is speaking with Immigration Expert and Attorney, Pallavi Ahluwalia, about the potential impact of these changes.

The U.S. carried out another strike on an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, killing two "male narco-terrorists." No U.S. forces were harmed.

We are learning more this weekend as President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday. This comes as part of Trump’s latest effort to close out four years of war between Russia and Ukraine. Trump met Zelenskyy outside his Florida estate, where the pair took questions from the media before heading inside for their official conference. "I think we're in final stages of talking, and we're going to see," Trump said.

On Thursday, President Trump announced that the U.S. launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against forces of the Islamic state group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the west African country’s government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians. Hal Kempfer retired marine intelligence officer joins Austin Westfall to discuss.

President Trump said Thursday the US launched a "powerful and deadly" strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria. The FDD's Cliff May joins LiveNOW's Josh Breslow to break it down.

We are learning more tonight as President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has launched airstrikes in northwest Nigeria on Christmas night. The strikes, according to President Trump, are targeting ISIS militants he previously accused of killing Christians. Trump called the operation decisive and warned further attacks would follow if the violence continues.

We have all the live coverage this holiday season as Pope Leo XIV presides over his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. This comes after earlier this week when Pope Leo XIV made an appeal for “one full day of peace throughout the world” in a Christmas address outside Castel Gandolfo in Rome. “I once again make this appeal to all people of good will: that, at least on the feast of the birth of the Savior, one day of peace may be respected,” the first American pontiff said Tuesday.