“I have let them know that if they start killing people, which they tend to do during their riots… we’re going to hit them very hard,” Trump said in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday.

Venezuela's top lawmaker and brother of interim President Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday announced that Caracas would release certain political prisoners held captive, following demands from the US.

The price tag starts at least $3.3 billion, per the World Bank, but rare-earth mineral valuations could bring it up into the trillions of dollars.