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Golden Globe Awards 2026: Selena Gomez, Brittany Snow and Amanda Seyfried dazzle on red carpet
Hollywood’s biggest stars of film and TV set the tone for awards season on the red carpet at the Beverly Hilton Hotel ahead of the 2026 Golden Globes.
Selena Gomez channeled Old Hollywood glamour in a black floor-length Chanel gown with a white feathered off-the-shoulder neckline. Gomez styled her hair in a chic bob and accessorized with diamond sunburst earrings.
Gomez, who received her fourth consecutive best TV actress nomination for her role in the hit Hulu series "Only Murders in the Building," was accompanied by her husband, Benny Blanco.
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Brittany Snow stunned in a bridal-inspired white strapless Danielle Franke gown designed that featured a flared hemline. "The Hunting Wives" star paired her dress with large diamond earrings and her hair was slicked back with a couple of strands framing her face.
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Amanda Seyfried turned heads in a custom Versace strapless ivory gown with a form-fitting silhouette and a sweetheart bodice. She added sparkle to her look with diamond jewelry by Tiffany & Co and styled her hair into a styled in a sophisticated updo.
Seyfried is double-nominated at the awards, scoring a nod for best actress in a motion picture - musical or comedy for her performance in "The Testament of Ann Lee" and another for best actress in a limited anthology for "Long Bright River."
Driver appears to ram U-Haul truck through crowd during Iran protest in Los Angeles
A person appeared to drive a U-Haul truck through a crowd during a Los Angeles demonstration in support of the Iranian people on Sunday.
Hundreds gathered in the Westwood neighborhood as part of a march backing protesters in Iran, local outlet NBC4 Los Angeles reported.
It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries in the incident involving the box truck.
Authorities have not identified the driver, according to NBC4 Los Angeles.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reports 583 people have been killed since unrest erupted in Iran two weeks ago.
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.
49ers' George Kittle carted off field with Achilles injury during Wild Card Round vs Eagles: reports
San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle is believed to have suffered a torn Achilles in the second quarter of the Wild Card Round matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Kittle was carted off the field after being tackled following a catch in the second quarter. He immediately grabbed at his right ankle, and replay showed him give way to Zach Baun's tackle without a fight to get off his leg.
Kittle was trying to encourage his teammates as he was being carted off, clapping in their direction. But it’s hard not to feel for the 32-year-old, who many consider the best tight end in the sport.
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It’s a massive loss for the 49ers, as they try to take down the Eagles on the road to advance in the NFL Playoffs. The 49ers could’ve had the No. 1 seed, home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and a bye week, but they fell to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 18 to lose the NFC West title and those perks.
The last time the 49ers traveled to Philadelphia for a playoff contest was the 2022 NFC Championship Game, which proved brutal in the injury department as well for them.
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Quarterback Brock Purdy tore his UCL in his throwing elbow, and after backup Josh Johnson also got hurt, the 49ers were left lifeless at the position in what was a beatdown as the Eagles went to the Super Bowl.
While it wasn’t Purdy, Kittle is a key piece of this entire team, let alone the offense. He provides valuable leadership whether he’s on the field or not, and injuries have kept him out during the regular season as well.
Kittle dealt with a hamstring injury that forced him to miss five of the first six games of the 49ers’ regular season games. They also had him miss Week 17 due to an ankle ailment suffered in Week 16 against the Indianapolis Colts.
Even if the 49ers advance to the Divisional Round, they won’t have Kittle if he indeed has an Achilles tear.
Kittle’s ninth year in the NFL saw him tally 57 catches for 628 yards and seven touchdowns across 11 games. He made his fifth straight Pro Bowl and seventh overall in 2025.
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Eagles' Nick Sirianni, AJ Brown scream at each other on sideline during Wild Card Round vs 49ers
Tension is always high during the NFL playoffs, but it spilled over between head coach and star wide receiver on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and receiver A.J. Brown were spotted on the FOX broadcast going face-to-face with each other on the sideline, to the point where team chief security officer "Big Dom" DiSandro had to get in the middle and break it up.
Sirianni was seen sprinting down his sideline at Lincoln Financial Field to yell at Brown to get off the field, but the veteran receiver clearly didn’t like what his head coach was saying and they got into it.
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It appeared Sirianni was trying to tell Brown to get off the field to avoid a too-many-men-on-the-field penalty, where left tackle Jordan Mailata was also close to forcing laundry to hit the grass.
Words were exchanged, though it’s unknown exactly what was said. Brown continued to jaw at Sirianni, who was being directed away from his receiver by a staff member.
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Everything cooled down afterward, with Sirianni even telling FOX’s Erin Andrews that’s just the way they are together sometimes.
Given Brown’s controversy all season, though, it’s hard for fans not to speculate about the situation.
Despite the Eagles’ success, winning the NFC East and earning the No. 3 seed in the playoffs, Brown’s production was a national topic throughout the regular season as the Eagles struggled to get things going.
Brown ultimately continued his 1,000-yard receiving streak (1,003) with his third straight seven-touchdown campaign.
But he made comments at multiple points during the season, seemingly voicing his frustration with the offense. Offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo also came under fire from the Eagles’ fan base, as the reigning Super Bowl champions weren’t performing as expected.
Brown finished the first half of this Wild Card Round contest with three catches for 25 yards.
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'Dogma' director says Catholic faith fueled first film, but disbelief will shape sequel
Kevin Smith, creator of the 1999 cult classic film "Dogma," said the movie was written by a Catholic who believed every word of it, but its sequel will come from a man who has left his religion behind.
Despite backlash from Christian groups at the time of the movie's release, the "Dogma" director maintains his film is "not just pro-faith, but pro-Catholic." Now, nearly three decades later, Smith is preparing a follow-up shaped by a very different worldview.
"In doing a 'Dogma' sequel, I've encountered a wrinkle that didn't exist when I wrote and directed 'Dogma,'" Smith told Fox News Digital in an interview. "'Dogma' is a movie that's written and directed by somebody that believes in everything that you see on that screen."
"The old man who's writing, directing the follow-up, he doesn't have that same faith anymore," Smith said, referring to himself in the present day. "I don't carry that cross."
"Dogma" is a theological comedy following a pair of fallen angels, played by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, trying to make their way back into heaven. They are opposed by a distant blood relative of Jesus Christ and the angel Metatron, played by Linda Fiorentino and Alan Rickman, respectively.
The star-studded cast also includes Salma Hayek, Chris Rock and George Carlin, among many others.
Smith shared that, at the time of the film's release, he worried controversy surrounding it might lead audiences to expect a satire in the vein of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." But "Dogma," he said, is "reverent."
"It upholds everything, all the tenets of the Catholic faith," Smith said, adding that while the movie might cast a "hairy eyeball toward the Catholic Church, the fundamental organization," he surmised most of the movie's protesters hadn't actually watched it.
Smith said he still holds deep respect for religious people, adding that his late mother was a believer to the end.
"I wish I could be one of those cats again. Life was so much easier when I had faith," he said.
The filmmaker shared that this February would mark three years since his stay at Sierra Tucson, a residential mental health treatment center in Arizona. Looking back, Smith said losing his religion left him without the sense of safety he once relied on during difficult periods.
"I honestly feel like I probably wouldn't have wound up in an institution if I still had my faith... you got no issues when you got faith, man. You will always be protected."
"Those of us that don't practice a faith, don't have a faith, feel like we are alone. And that's very easy to break when the weight of the world is on your shoulders," he added.
When asked what changed between "Dogma" and its sequel, Smith said simply, "27 years and life."
He couldn't pinpoint any particular event that caused him to break with religion, but cited two moments that were influential.
One moment came during his long-running podcast, "SModcast," which he co-hosted with friend and fellow filmmaker Scott Mosier. During an episode discussing religion, Mosier, who Smith described as agnostic or "borderline atheist," challenged the idea of an afterlife.
Mosier suggested Smith's big ego prevented him from imagining a world that would go on without him. He compared human consciousness to data stored on a hard drive.
"And he goes, 'Your laptop has a lot of information on it. Tons of data... What happens when it spins out? Where does that information go?' The moment I started thinking of myself as a hard drive, it was harder to think of myself as a child of light," Smith said.
Another impactful realization came when he noticed a Buddhist wall hanging in his own home that he had passed countless times before. It read, "May you realize your divinity in this lifetime."
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Smith interpreted the message as a call to individual responsibility rather than surrendering control to a higher power.
"You don't need to placate yourself the way you did as a kid. It's important to remember that you are in charge. Why do you keep handing over the wheel to somebody that isn't really there?" he told Fox News Digital, clarifying that even for Christians, "Jesus isn't a physical manifestation at this point, not until he returns."
"I felt like I was being irresponsible with my life. I was turning it all over to a ghost — a Holy Ghost, but a ghost nonetheless."
That shift in belief, Smith said, would define the forthcoming sequel.
"That's the prism I'm gonna be writing a ‘Dogma’ follow-up through," said Smith. "This time around it'll be a little bit different, fed through a different ethos altogether."
The director acknowledged that, after everything, he could still be wrong about faith. But he said he feels he has lived a moral life and treated others well.
"We Catholics, we built insurance for ourselves. So there's always purgatory."
Iran's collapse or survival hinges on one choice inside the Revolutionary Guard
Iran is not merely experiencing another wave of street protests. It is facing a crisis that strikes at the core of the Islamic Republic—and, for the first time in years, places the regime’s survival in real doubt.
Across Iran, demonstrations sparked by economic collapse and corruption have rapidly transformed into direct challenges to clerical rule. Security forces have responded with live fire, mass arrests, and communications blackouts. International reporting cites hundreds of people killed and thousands detained. Internet shutdowns point to a regime determined to suppress not only dissent, but proof of it.
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Iran has behaved this way before. What has changed is the strategic environment—and the growing sense among Iranians that the system itself is failing.
Still, one must be clear-eyed: Iran’s leaders will not go quietly. They do not see themselves as ordinary autocrats clinging to power. In their own theology, they see themselves as executing Allah’s will.
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Since 1979, the Islamic Republic has framed its authority through velayat-e faqih—the rule of the Islamic jurist. Under this doctrine, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is not simply a political figure. He is the guardian of an Islamic revolution believed to be divinely sanctioned.
That theological worldview directly shapes how the regime responds to dissent. When Iranian security forces fire into crowds, the regime does not see itself as suppressing political opposition; it sees itself as crushing heresy, sedition, and rebellion against God’s order. Protesters are routinely labeled "corrupt on earth," a Quranic phrase historically used to justify severe punishment.
Public condemnation and moral appeals alone will not move Tehran. Its rulers believe endurance, sacrifice, and violence are virtues—especially when used to preserve the revolution.
Even regimes driven by religious certainty can collapse once their power structures fracture.
Iran has seen mass protests before. In 2009, the Green Movement threatened the regime after a disputed election. In 2022, nationwide protests erupted following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in morality-police custody after being detained for allegedly violating Iran’s hijab rules. Each time, the regime survived.
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Several factors suggest this moment is different.
First, the economy is far worse. Iran faces sustained currency devaluation, unemployment, and inflation that has crushed the middle class and hollowed out state legitimacy. That pressure is compounded by a deepening water crisis that has crippled agriculture, strained urban life, and fueled unrest in multiple provinces. Economic despair is no longer peripheral; it now sits at the center.
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Beyond economics, Iran’s external deterrence has eroded. The war with Israel in 2025 inflicted real damage. Senior Iranian commanders were killed. Air defenses were penetrated. Missile and drone infrastructure was disrupted. Iran’s aura of invulnerability—carefully cultivated over decades—was badly shaken.
At the same time, Iran’s proxy network is under strain. Hamas has been devastated. Hezbollah has suffered significant losses and now faces domestic pressure in Lebanon. The Houthis remain disruptive but isolated. Tehran’s so-called "axis of resistance" looks less like an unstoppable force and more like a series of costly liabilities.
Most importantly, the regime’s coercive apparatus is under stress. And this is where the future of Iran will be decided.
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No institutions matter more right now than the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its paramilitary arm, the Basij.
Often described as the regime’s "eyes and ears," the Basij are not a conventional military force but a nationwide population-control and internal surveillance network. Embedded in neighborhoods, universities, factories, and mosques, they monitor dissent, identify protest organizers, and move quickly to intimidate or detain them—often before demonstrations can spread.
During past unrest, including the 2009 Green Movement and the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, Basij units played a central role in suppressing resistance through beatings, arrests, and close coordination with IRGC security forces. Their value to the regime lies not in battlefield strength, but in omnipresence and ideological loyalty.
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Their mission is to control dissent at the local level—before it becomes national. As long as the Basij remain loyal and effective in towns, neighborhoods, and campuses, the regime can contain unrest. If they hesitate, defect, or stand aside, Tehran’s grip weakens rapidly.
The Basij are the real instrument of population control. If the regime is forced to deploy the IRGC widely for internal order, it signals that local control has failed—and that the system is under far greater strain.
The IRGC, by contrast, controls the military and functions as an economic empire. Beyond internal security, the IRGC also shapes Iran’s foreign policy—overseeing missile forces, regional proxies, and external operations. It exists to defend the revolution abroad, while the Basij exists to control society at home.
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Over the past three decades, the IRGC has embedded itself in Iran’s most important industries—energy, construction, telecommunications, transportation, ports, and black-market finance. Entire sectors of the Iranian economy now depend on IRGC-controlled firms and foundations.
This creates a decisive tension. On one hand, the IRGC has every reason to defend the regime that enriched it. On the other, prolonged instability, sanctions, and economic collapse threaten the very assets the Guards control. At some point, self-preservation may begin to compete with ideological loyalty.
That is why Iran’s future may depend less on what protesters do in the streets—and more on whom the IRGC ultimately chooses to back.
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Three outcomes appear plausible.
The first is repression. The Basij could maintain local control while the IRGC backs the Supreme Leader, allowing the regime to crush dissent, and impose order through overwhelming force. This would preserve the Islamic Republic, but at the cost of deeper isolation and long-term decay.
The second is continuity without clerical dominance. A "soft coup" could sideline aging clerics in favor of a military-nationalist leadership that preserves core power structures while shedding the regime’s most unpopular religious figures. The system would remain authoritarian—but altered.
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The third is fracture. If parts of the Basij splinter or stand aside—and the IRGC hesitates to intervene broadly—the regime’s internal control could unravel quickly. This is the least likely outcome, but the most transformative—and the one most favorable to long-term regional stability.
Revolutions tend to succeed not because crowds grow larger, but because security forces eventually stop obeying orders.
The United States must be disciplined about its goal.
America should not seek to "run Iran," redraw its culture, or impose a leader. That approach has failed elsewhere. But neither should Washington pretend neutrality between an abusive theocracy and a population demanding dignity.
Our strategy is clear:
Prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
End Iran’s export of terrorism and proxy war.
Push Iran toward regional stability rather than disruption.
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Encourage a government that derives legitimacy from its people, not coercion.
Achieving that outcome requires pressure without provocation.
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First, expose repression relentlessly. Iran’s internet blackouts are a weapon. The U.S. and allies should support every lawful means of keeping Iranians connected and atrocities visible.
Second, target the regime’s enforcers—not the public. Sanctions should focus on specific IRGC units, Basij commanders, judges, and security officials responsible for killings and mass arrests. Collective punishment only strengthens regime propaganda.
Third, signal consequences—and off-ramps. Those ordering violence must know they will be held accountable. Those who refuse unlawful orders should know the world is watching—and remembering.
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Fourth, deter external escalation. Tehran may try to unify the nation through confrontation abroad. Strong regional missile defense, maritime security, and allied coordination reduce the regime’s ability to change the subject with war.
Finally, do not hand Tehran the propaganda victory it wants. Loud declarations about regime change from Washington risk delegitimizing Iranian voices. Support the people. Isolate the killers. Let the regime own its crimes.
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Iran’s rulers believe they are carrying out divine will. That makes them dangerous—and stubborn. But it does not make them immortal.
Every revolutionary regime eventually faces a moment when fear stops working, money runs out, and loyalty fractures. Iran may be approaching that moment now.
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The outcome will not be decided by speeches in Washington, but by choices in Tehran—especially inside the IRGC.
If the Guards conclude their future lies with the people rather than the clerics, Iran could finally turn a page. If they do not, repression will prevail—for a time.
America’s task is not to force history, but to shape the conditions under which it unfolds—with care, strategy, and moral clarity.
Because when the Islamic Republic finally faces its reckoning, the world must be ready—not to occupy Iran, but to ensure that what replaces the tyranny is not simply the same regime in a different uniform.
Jacob Frey tells critics 'sorry I offended their delicate ears' after ICE f-bomb controversy
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Sunday defended the profanity-laced remarks he made last week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a driver during an enforcement operation.
Last Wednesday, Frey told ICE officials to "get the f--- out of Minneapolis," sharply criticizing federal authorities for operating in a city that did not welcome the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration agenda. His comments drew widespread criticism, with some authorities asserting that the driver aggravated the situation and prompted an officer to open fire in self-defense.
"To those that are offended, I’m sorry I offended their delicate ears," Frey said during NBC News’ "Meet the Press."
Frey added that while he has a responsibility as mayor to help defuse heated situations, he argued that his explicit comments do not outweigh the fact that someone was killed.
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"Of course, I bear responsibility to bring down the temperature," he added. "That's part of my role as mayor. And by the way, protests here in Minneapolis are peaceful. We had, I don't know, 10,000 or so people that were protesting and marching yesterday. And virtually all of it was a very peaceful expression of First Amendment rights."
"But as far as who inflamed the situation, you know, I dropped an f-bomb," Frey said. "And they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here, not the f-bomb, which I’m sure we’ve all heard before."
MAYOR JACOB FREY TELLS ICE TO ‘GET THE F‑-- OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS,’ REJECTS DHS SELF‑DEFENSE STATEMENT
Earlier Sunday morning, Frey again reaffirmed his earlier remarks in a post on X – this time omitting the expletives – writing, "Today is a good day for ICE to get out of Minnesota."
A federal ICE agent in Minneapolis shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on Wednesday after her vehicle was stopped on a residential street, partially blocking the roadway during a federal enforcement operation.
The shooting has prompted widespread backlash and protests, with federal officials calling Good’s actions an attempt to run down officers in an act of "domestic terrorism," while witnesses and local leaders claimed that Good was attempting to leave the area as ICE agents surrounded her.
Kristi Noem tells CNN's Jake Tapper that he can't 'change the facts' about Minnesota ICE shooting
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem clashed with CNN anchor Jake Tapper over her comments shortly after a deadly shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minnesota.
Speaking to the press after a Minneapolis ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, Noem said in a news conference that Good was partaking in "domestic terrorism" and was attempting to "weaponize her vehicle" to attack ICE officers.
Tapper asked Noem about her statements, which he noted were made before an investigation was launched into the incident.
"Well, everything that I‘ve said has been proven to be factual and the truth," Noem said. "This administration wants to operate in transparency. I have the responsibility as the secretary of Homeland Security to know this information as soon as possible. I had just been in Minneapolis the day before, had already had conversations with officers on the ground and supervisors, and knew the facts and decided that the department and the people of this country deserve to know the truth about the situation of what had unfolded in Minneapolis."
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"With all due respect, Secretary, the first thing you said was, 'what happened was our ICE officers were out in an enforcement action. They got stuck in the snow because of the adverse weather that is in Minneapolis. They were attempting to push out their vehicle and a woman attacked them and those surrounding them and attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle,'" Tapper said, summarizing her remarks. "That‘s not what happened. We all saw what happened."
"It absolutely is what happened," Noem said.
She continued arguing that evidence showed Good had been attempting to block the road and impede federal law enforcement investigations before finally using her car to attack ICE agents.
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Tapper continued to question Noem's use of the term "domestic terrorist" and how Noem could be certain of her assertions.
"And the question is, I don‘t doubt...my position is I wasn‘t there," Tapper said. "I didn‘t see it. Some people say that it clearly showed that she was trying to hit him and did. Some people say no, she was clearly trying to move her car and flee and get away. I don‘t know. What I‘m saying is, how do you know? How can you assert for a fact within hours before any investigation this is what happened?"
"The facts of the situation are that the vehicle was weaponized, and it attacked the law enforcement officer. He defended himself, and he defended those individuals around him. That is the definition. When there is something that is weaponized to use against the public and law enforcement, that is an act of domestic terrorism happened in our shores. It happened here in our country. You don‘t get to change the facts just because you don‘t like them," Noem said, adding that an investigation is ongoing for potential motivation.
Noem later accused Tapper of pushing an "untruthful" depiction of the event, leading Tapper to repeatedly push back against her during the interview.
"We've all seen the video. I don‘t need to relitigate it. We‘ve all seen the video. She is blocking the street. They approach her," Tapper said.
"You haven‘t seen the video of the entire morning in the previous encounters with this individual," Noem said.
"We have aired it. Yes, we have. On Thursday, we were airing and noting the fact that she was there for several minutes, for minutes and minutes and minutes. She was protesting without question," Tapper responded.
"At those previous locations that morning, that, absolutely, that these vehicles had been previously down the block on video that you haven‘t seen. There's more information," Noem said.
Noem announced earlier on Sunday that the federal government is sending hundreds of additional federal officers to Minnesota in response to the shooting.
DEA zeroes in on Cartel of the Suns bosses as Maduro is hauled into US narco case
The early-morning arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent shockwaves around the world, marking the most consequential move by the United States in its war against the dictator’s notorious "Cartel of the Suns."
Maduro was indicted alongside his wife, Cilia Flores, son and three alleged co-conspirators with federal gun and narcotics trafficking charges. The case, which mirrors original charges filed in the Southern District of New York in 2020, adds charges against Flores and was filed under seal last month.
Maduro is facing four charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
Federal prosecutors allege that for years, the Cartel of the Suns – or "Cartel de los Soles" – has worked in tandem with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) under Maduro’s leadership to execute a complex and large-scale cocaine trafficking network to funnel narcotics into the U.S.
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"The Venezuelan regime, once led by Nicolás Maduro Moros, remains plagued by criminality and corruption," then-Attorney General William Barr said in a 2020 news release. "For more than 20 years, Maduro and a number of high-ranking colleagues allegedly conspired with the FARC, causing tons of cocaine to enter and devastate American communities."
U.S. officials’ war against Venezuela’s trafficking empire dates back to 1996, after the country was deemed one of the largest drug transit hubs within the Western Hemisphere, according to a 2009 report published by the United States Government Accountability Office.
Venezuela’s shared border with Colombia – along with ongoing corruption within the country’s government – has long provided criminals with consistent resources to transport narcotics throughout the region.
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Since 2005, Venezuela’s cooperation with the U.S. regarding counternarcotic operations has significantly dwindled, denying visas to U.S. officials in 2007. One year later, then-President Hugo Chávez expelled the U.S. ambassador and recalled his ambassador from Washington, D.C., marking a significant blow to the two countries' collaboration efforts.
While Venezuela and the U.S. agreed to reinstate their ambassadors in 2009, Venezuelan officials insisted the country did not need to work alongside the U.S. in counternarcotic efforts due to the country’s own programs.
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In an effort to crack down on Venezuela’s trafficking networks, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has worked both within the country and domestically to capture the cartel’s key players.
In 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Padrino Lopez, a general in the Venezuelan armed forces, to its Specially Designated Nationals List.
In 2020, the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Maduro and 14 co-conspirators, with charges stemming from investigations conducted in collaboration with the DEA.
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Five years later, Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, a top general known as "El Pollo," pleaded guilty to the same charges brought against Maduro. His conviction marked a notable victory for U.S. officials, with co-conspirator Cliver Antonio Alcala Cordones also pleading guilty to providing material support, including firearms, to the FARC.
In 2025, OFAC sanctioned the Cartel of the Suns as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist due to its history of providing material support to Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel. Despite the accusations, a U.S. intelligence assessment comprised of 18 agencies later found no direct evidence of a connection between the cartels, according to The Associated Press.
However, the indictment filed against Maduro alleges he, along with his family, facilitated "cocaine-fueled corruption to flourish for his own benefit, for the benefit of members of his ruling regime, and for the benefit of his family members."
Federal prosecutors allege Maduro "provided law enforcement cover and logistical support," such as facilitating transport – such as boats and airplanes – to cartels moving drugs throughout the region.
"This cycle of narcotics-based corruption lines the pockets of Venezuelan officials and their families while also benefiting violent narco-terrorists who operate with impunity on Venezuelan soil and who help produce, protect, and transport tons of cocaine to the United States," the indictment adds.
The DEA did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Expert warns of 'extreme violence' in Venezuelan mining as Trump admin eyes mineral reserves
The Trump administration’s renewed interest in tapping Venezuela’s mineral reserves could carry with it "serious risk," an expert on illicit economies has warned in the wake of the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
A day after the U.S. military captured Maduro in Caracas, Trump administration officials highlighted their interest in the country's critical mineral potential.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told reporters on Jan. 4, "You have steel, you have minerals, all the critical minerals. They have a great mining history that's gone rusty," he said aboard Air Force One alongside President Donald Trump.
Lutnick also said that Trump "is going to fix it and bring it back – for the Venezuelans."
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"Venezuela’s gold, critical mineral and rare earth potential is substantial, which makes mining resources very much on the menu for Trump," Bram Ebus told Fox News Digital.
"But this illicit economy involves extreme violence," he said, before describing abuses that include forced labor, criminal control of mining zones and punishments such as "hands being cut off for theft."
Ebus cautioned that without strict safeguards, transparency and security, Trump's efforts to tap Venezuela’s mineral wealth could entangle the U.S. in criminal networks.
"The sector is already dominated by transnational crime syndicates, deeply implicated in human rights abuses, and intertwined with Chinese corporate interests," Ebus, the founder of Amazon Underworld, a research collective covering organized crime, said. "If corporations or foreign private security firms were to become directly involved in mining in Venezuela’s Amazon region, the situation could deteriorate rapidly and violently."
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Despite the renewed focus on oil and mineral wealth, "when it comes to mining, the situation is more complex than oil," Ebus added. "The illicit extraction of gold, tungsten, tantalum, and rare earth elements is largely controlled by Colombian guerrilla organizations, often working in collaboration with corrupt Venezuelan state security forces. Much of this output currently ends up in China."
Ebus also described dire conditions inside mining zones. "Mining districts are effectively run by criminal governance," he explained. "Armed groups decide who can enter or leave an area, tax legal and illegal economic activity, and enforce their own form of justice." He also described how "punishments for breaking rules can include expulsion, beatings, torture or death."
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"We have documented summary executions, decapitations, and severe physical mutilation, such as hands being cut off for theft," he added. "Sexual exploitation, forced labor, and torture are widespread with crimes not limited to non-state actors."
He also noted that "Venezuelan state forces, including the army, National Guard, and intelligence services are deeply involved and work in direct collaboration with organized crime groups."
Ebus described how Colombia’s largest guerrilla organizations, including the ELN and factions such as the Segunda Marquetalia, along with Venezuelan organized crime groups operating locally – or "sistemas" – dominate illegal mining operations, noting that "there are at least five major ‘sindicatos’ operating across Bolívar state alone."
"Together, all these actors make up the core criminal panorama of Venezuela’s mining sector," Ebus added.
In 2016, Maduro established the Orinoco Mining Arc, a 111,843-square-kilometer zone rich in gold, diamonds, coltan and other minerals.
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The area has since become synonymous with illicit mining and corrupt officials.
In 2019, the U.S. sanctioned Venezuelan gold exports with at least 86% of the country’s gold reportedly being produced illegally and often controlled by criminal gangs.
However, from a U.S. perspective, Ebus said, the objective behind critical minerals could be limiting China’s access.
"With gold prices expected to peak around 2026, access to gold represents a major benefit for national economies and government investment stability," he said. "Beyond gold, controlling critical mineral supply chains offers enormous geopolitical leverage for the U.S., especially if it allows it to deny access to China."