Trump said Saturday on Truth Social that airlines and pilots should consider Venezuela's airspace "CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY."

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is running out of options to step down and leave his country under U.S.-guaranteed safe passage, following a short call with U.S. President Donald Trump last month where Trump refused a series of requests from the Venezuelan leader,

The White House will hold a meeting on Venezuela as President Donald Trump confirmed speaking with President Nicolás Maduro amid escalating tensions.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety."

U.S. President Donald Trumpheld talks on Monday with top advisers to discuss the pressure campaign on Venezuela, among other topics, a senior U.S. official said.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is facing sharp scrutiny this week over its approach to Venezuela after turning its focus to the beleaguered nation, weighing U.S. military strikes against a Latin American state for the first time in more than 35 years.

The US says it is fighting drugs smuggling, but Venezuela says Donald Trump's aim is to topple President Nicolás Maduro.

President Trump delivered an ultimatum to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, demanding immediate resignation and safe passage for his family or face consequences.

Trump says he held call with Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro as Pentagon continues strikes in Caribbean aimed at cartels

Venezuela’s government said it “forcefully rejects” Trump’s claim about closing the airspace and that it was a “colonial threat” intended to undermine the country’s “territorial integrity, aeronautical security and full sovereignty.”

Intensifying US threats against Venezuela are raising expectations of imminent military action as President Donald Trump heaps pressure on the Caracas regime and flexes power in the Western Hemisphere.