President Donald Trump signed off on CIA covert operations in Venezuela as the U.S. deploys USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, reports say.

Officials also reveal the Afghan suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, drove across the country from Washington state before the attack.

President Donald Trump brushed aside a reporter's question to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the 2018 killing of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the crown prince "knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that.

U.S. pursues peace talks in Europe while building largest Caribbean military presence in decades, targeting Venezuela's powerful Cartel de los Soles.

President Donald Trump insisted that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing” about the killing of Washington Post opinion writer Jamal Khashoggi, despite U.S. intelligence agencies concluding otherwise.

"SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" the president wrote on social media. He also reposted a message saying, "HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD!"

The president said that while he wasn't threatening the Democratic lawmakers with death, he does believe they are "in serious trouble."

The two members of the West Virginia National Guard who were shot in Washington on Wednesday were among more than 2,000 troops deployed to the nation’s capital as part of President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting mission that involved taking over the local police department.