Marc Caputo
@marcacaputo.bsky.social
Trump White House reporter @Axios
Forget talk about elections and democracy in Venezuela (at least for now)
Trump has a simple goal there: Back a pro-U.S. government — and prop it up with millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
Trump has a simple goal there: Back a pro-U.S. government — and prop it up with millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
Trump's Venezuela oil strategy comes into focus
Such a raw exercise of U.S. imperial force hasn't been seen in modern times.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Forget talk about elections and democracy in Venezuela (at least for now)
Trump has a simple goal there: Back a pro-U.S. government — and prop it up with millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
Trump has a simple goal there: Back a pro-U.S. government — and prop it up with millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
Rubio’s 28-year career has led to this historic inflection point in Venezuela
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
Rubio faces ghosts of American interventions after spearheading Maduro takedown
Marco Rubio is suddenly facing his most daunting puzzle in his 28 years in politics.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Rubio’s 28-year career has led to this historic inflection point in Venezuela
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
News: The Trump Administration estimates it has about one week to go —and as many as 700,000 more pages to review— before it finishes releasing all the Jeffrey Epstein files
Some news about their thinking the admin & what’s coming next..
www.axios.com/2025/12/24/e...
Some news about their thinking the admin & what’s coming next..
www.axios.com/2025/12/24/e...
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.
www.axios.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
News: The Trump Administration estimates it has about one week to go —and as many as 700,000 more pages to review— before it finishes releasing all the Jeffrey Epstein files
Some news about their thinking the admin & what’s coming next..
www.axios.com/2025/12/24/e...
Some news about their thinking the admin & what’s coming next..
www.axios.com/2025/12/24/e...
Trump’s new immigration weapon: investigating money lenders on the border
www.axios.com/2025/12/22/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/22/t...
Exclusive: Treasury uses new tech targeting money lenders along Mexican border
The operation examines whether money services businesses violated anti-money laundering laws and rules.
www.axios.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Trump’s new immigration weapon: investigating money lenders on the border
www.axios.com/2025/12/22/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/22/t...
The U.S. is intercepting its third oil tanker off Venezuela, this time a sanctioned vessel that was on its way to get loaded up with crude
We have conflicting sources on whether the vessel, identified by one source as Bella 1, has been fully boarded yet
www.axios.com/2025/12/21/u...
We have conflicting sources on whether the vessel, identified by one source as Bella 1, has been fully boarded yet
www.axios.com/2025/12/21/u...
U.S. intercepting third oil tanker as Venezuela hostilities intensify
This is the latest sign Trump wants to squeeze the Venezuela's economy.
www.axios.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The U.S. is intercepting its third oil tanker off Venezuela, this time a sanctioned vessel that was on its way to get loaded up with crude
We have conflicting sources on whether the vessel, identified by one source as Bella 1, has been fully boarded yet
www.axios.com/2025/12/21/u...
We have conflicting sources on whether the vessel, identified by one source as Bella 1, has been fully boarded yet
www.axios.com/2025/12/21/u...
U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade
It's another escalation by Trump and a sign that, sanctioned or not, the U.S. military will interdict ships carrying Venezuela's crude.
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/v...
It's another escalation by Trump and a sign that, sanctioned or not, the U.S. military will interdict ships carrying Venezuela's crude.
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/v...
U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade
The move makes clear the Trump administration considers almost all oil tankers with Venezuelan crude subject to possible seizure.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade
It's another escalation by Trump and a sign that, sanctioned or not, the U.S. military will interdict ships carrying Venezuela's crude.
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/v...
It's another escalation by Trump and a sign that, sanctioned or not, the U.S. military will interdict ships carrying Venezuela's crude.
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/v...
🐈⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
Maduro tests Trump with "Plan B" oil tanker strategy
This newest cat-and-mouse game between Trump and Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is heightening the tension in the Caribbean.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🐈⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
🐈⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
Maduro tests Trump with "Plan B" oil tanker strategy
This newest cat-and-mouse game between Trump and Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is heightening the tension in the Caribbean.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🐈⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
In labeling Venezuela’s govt a terrorist org, Trump is echoing the cause of oil companies with claims against the regime
At least 2 firms that once had business in Venezuela have inquired about the fate of the oil seized last week, Axios has learned www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
At least 2 firms that once had business in Venezuela have inquired about the fate of the oil seized last week, Axios has learned www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
In labeling Venezuela’s govt a terrorist org, Trump is echoing the cause of oil companies with claims against the regime
At least 2 firms that once had business in Venezuela have inquired about the fate of the oil seized last week, Axios has learned www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
At least 2 firms that once had business in Venezuela have inquired about the fate of the oil seized last week, Axios has learned www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
The U.S. is preparing to seize more sanctioned oil-filled tankers off Venezuela as the Trump administration opens a new phase of its pressure campaign on Maduro
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/t...
"Quite a buffet": U.S. ready to seize more tankers with Venezuelan oil
Impounding more tankers would threaten to further impoverish Venezuela as Trump tries to force Maduro to leave office.
www.axios.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The U.S. is preparing to seize more sanctioned oil-filled tankers off Venezuela as the Trump administration opens a new phase of its pressure campaign on Maduro
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/t...
Trump’s pinning his 2026 hopes on the economy soaring next year, starting around tax season
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
Trump's article of faith: Economy will soar in '26
Trump's bullish belief is key to understanding why he's so reluctant to say there's an "affordability crisis."
www.axios.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Trump’s pinning his 2026 hopes on the economy soaring next year, starting around tax season
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
Scoop: Trump sanctions 3 nephews of Maduro, a regime businessman and 6 companies and ships carrying Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
Scoop: Trump sanctions Maduro's nephews, 6 ships carrying Venezuela oil
It's the latest turn in President Trump's pressure campaign on Maduro, whom the administration has accused of leading a narco-trafficking terrorist organization.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Scoop: Trump sanctions 3 nephews of Maduro, a regime businessman and 6 companies and ships carrying Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
Trump hasn’t told anyone he wants to get rid of Noem.
So where did the rumor come from?
Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan
The two of them just don’t get along
Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/t...
So where did the rumor come from?
Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan
The two of them just don’t get along
Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/t...
Inside Kristi Noem's bitter feud with Trump's border czar
Tensions reached a fever pitch last week amid rumors Noem would be ousted as head of homeland security.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Trump hasn’t told anyone he wants to get rid of Noem.
So where did the rumor come from?
Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan
The two of them just don’t get along
Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/t...
So where did the rumor come from?
Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan
The two of them just don’t get along
Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/t...
From a U.S. prison cell, Honduras' ex-president secured a likely pardon for drug trafficking thanks to a letter he penned praising President Trump and a persistent lobbying campaign by longtime POTUS pal Roger Stone
Read the letter here first
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Read the letter here first
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Scoop: The letter behind Trump's pardon of Honduras' ex-president for drug trafficking
The surprise announcement of Juan Orlando Hernandez's looming pardon is a window into the unorthodox, norm-shattering way President Trump grants clemency.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
From a U.S. prison cell, Honduras' ex-president secured a likely pardon for drug trafficking thanks to a letter he penned praising President Trump and a persistent lobbying campaign by longtime POTUS pal Roger Stone
Read the letter here first
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Read the letter here first
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Scoop: Trump kickstarted the latest peace talks in Ukraine in a Nov. 18 White House meeting with Vance & Rubio, who made the case that a new 28-point plan could help end the war
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/i...
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/i...
Scoop: Inside the White House meeting that launched the new Ukraine peace talks
The previously unreported meeting laid the groundwork for the talks in Geneva last weekend.
www.axios.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Scoop: Trump kickstarted the latest peace talks in Ukraine in a Nov. 18 White House meeting with Vance & Rubio, who made the case that a new 28-point plan could help end the war
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/i...
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/i...
SCOOP: President Trump's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week got tense when they discussed the possibility of Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel. @barakravid.bsky.social and I report for @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
Scoop: Trump's meeting with MBS got tense over Israel
With the war in Gaza over, Trump had hoped for a breakthrough toward Saudi-Israeli normalization.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
SCOOP: President Trump's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week got tense when they discussed the possibility of Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel. @barakravid.bsky.social and I report for @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
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Trump has told advisers he's ready to talk with Nicolás Maduro —as the U.S. ramps up pressure on the Venezuelan dictator by designating him the head of a terrorist org
There are no imminent plans to strike inside Venezuela nor snatch Maduro —not yet
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
There are no imminent plans to strike inside Venezuela nor snatch Maduro —not yet
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
Scoop: Trump ready to talk with Maduro over Venezuela drug strikes
It could be a sign that U.S. missile strikes or direct military action on land are not imminent, sources tell Axios.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump has told advisers he's ready to talk with Nicolás Maduro —as the U.S. ramps up pressure on the Venezuelan dictator by designating him the head of a terrorist org
There are no imminent plans to strike inside Venezuela nor snatch Maduro —not yet
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
There are no imminent plans to strike inside Venezuela nor snatch Maduro —not yet
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world —the story of how the U.S. assembled and pushed its latest proposal to end the war
@BarakRavid @DavidLawler10 @demarest_colin & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
@BarakRavid @DavidLawler10 @demarest_colin & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world
Zelensky listened on speaker phone as Witkoff and Kushner read, line by line, from a 28-point plan.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world —the story of how the U.S. assembled and pushed its latest proposal to end the war
@BarakRavid @DavidLawler10 @demarest_colin & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
@BarakRavid @DavidLawler10 @demarest_colin & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
Zohran Mamdani stars in Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice: White House”
@axiosalex, @hollyotterbein & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/22/t...
@axiosalex, @hollyotterbein & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/22/t...
Inside Trump and Mamdani's surprising bond of convenience
They're both populist outsiders, lovers of the Big Apple, and politicians who each want what the other has.
www.axios.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Zohran Mamdani stars in Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice: White House”
@axiosalex, @hollyotterbein & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/22/t...
@axiosalex, @hollyotterbein & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/22/t...
Saudi Crown Prince MBS on Tuesday downplayed the kingdom's role in 9/11 attacks. But a major lawsuit —and a recent judge’s ruling— implicates the kingdom
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/9...
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/9...
9/11 families' lawsuit reveals new details linking Saudis to plot
It's the largest and longest-active case in the federal court system with 10,000 or so plaintiffs seeking damages in what's been called a trillion-dollar lawsuit.
www.axios.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Saudi Crown Prince MBS on Tuesday downplayed the kingdom's role in 9/11 attacks. But a major lawsuit —and a recent judge’s ruling— implicates the kingdom
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/9...
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/9...
Scoop: a CIA whistleblower goes public with @Axios about a secret CIA report he saw that boasted about tricking Congress in an investigation of JFK’s assassination
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/w...
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/w...
Scoop: Secret CIA report boasted about tricking Congress in JFK probe, whistleblower says
"It's a blueprint of a cover-up, how to lie to Congress and the American people," former CIA-State Department historian Thomas L. Pearcy tells Axios.
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Scoop: a CIA whistleblower goes public with @Axios about a secret CIA report he saw that boasted about tricking Congress in an investigation of JFK’s assassination
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/w...
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/w...
Jared Isaacman’s tortured path to become the next NASA chief is entangled in Senate rules & folkways
The White House wants a quick vote
The Senate?
Eh
It’s complicated
@HansNichols, @StefWKight & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/t...
The White House wants a quick vote
The Senate?
Eh
It’s complicated
@HansNichols, @StefWKight & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/t...
Senate complicates Isaacman confirmation for NASA
It will delay his nomination and prevent him from joining a batch of nominees.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Jared Isaacman’s tortured path to become the next NASA chief is entangled in Senate rules & folkways
The White House wants a quick vote
The Senate?
Eh
It’s complicated
@HansNichols, @StefWKight & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/t...
The White House wants a quick vote
The Senate?
Eh
It’s complicated
@HansNichols, @StefWKight & I
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/t...
It's too early to call President Trump a lame duck. But Congress is ready to clip his wings over the Epstein files.
Trump still thinks it’s “bullshit” the GOP is here —& he still wields great power— but he had to accept reality
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/e...
Trump still thinks it’s “bullshit” the GOP is here —& he still wields great power— but he had to accept reality
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/e...
Epstein files give Trump a taste of political mortality
Tuesday's expected vote in the House will mark the first time in Trump's second term that a GOP-led congressional chamber will so openly defy him.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It's too early to call President Trump a lame duck. But Congress is ready to clip his wings over the Epstein files.
Trump still thinks it’s “bullshit” the GOP is here —& he still wields great power— but he had to accept reality
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/e...
Trump still thinks it’s “bullshit” the GOP is here —& he still wields great power— but he had to accept reality
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/e...
Forget retaliation: To cut tariffs President Trump imposed on their country, the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Forget retaliation: To cut tariffs President Trump imposed on their country, the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...