Barksdale, the largest U.S. B-52 base, is located in House Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana 4th Congressional District.

Venezuelan officials have been bolstering their military after the Trump Administration struck another boat that originated from the country.

As President Donald Trump weighs military action inside Venezuela, building up forces in the Caribbean and flying B-52 bombers off the country’s coast this week, Nicolás Maduro is responding in kind,

Venezuela's government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S. military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Caracas cited "mounting threats" from the U.S., which has conducted multiple military strikes on alleged drug boats off Venezuela.

The White House cites drug enforcement, but analysts say the military buildup just off the coast of Venezuela recalls a return to gunboat diplomacy.

Retired Colonel Cedric Leighton breaks down how Venezuela’s Maduro is mobilizing his country’s military in reaction to recent US actions

Nicolás Maduro says his country is ready for combat, though the strongman’s military is underfunded, ill-trained and no match for American firepower

The US military carried out a provocative military training exercise 90 miles off the coast of Venezuela in the latest act of sabre-rattling by the Trump administration.