President Nicolás Maduro's government announced the twice-weekly flights will go on following a request from the Trump administration.

The White House has defended the strike on boats near Venezuela. "I want those boats taken out," Trump said in Tuesday's meeting.

The looming threat of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela is once again exposing the rift between the Republican Party’s foreign policy hawks and its anti-interventionist wing. But the fault lines are unfamiliar — a vivid illustration of the fluid nature of foreign policy alliances inside the Trump coalition.

The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday announced that the twice-weekly flights will go on following a request from the Trump administration.

Dec 1 (Reuters) - 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, according to four sources briefed on the call.

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

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.”

A group of U.S. senators who have tried repeatedly to rein in President Donald Trump's aggression against Venezuela said on Tuesday they would file a new resolution to force a congressional vote on the issue if the administration carries out a strike within the country.

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