The world’s take on the United States’ action in Venezuela one month after Maduro’s capture 
Conversation with UI politics and philosophy chair, Florian Justwan 

Early on the morning of Jan. 3, 2026, the United States launched an operation into Caracas, Venezuela, aiming to capture and sentence the president of the country, Nicholas Maduro, for drug trafficking crimes. This operation, known as Operation Absolute Resolve, drastically changed American foreign policy, and raised fundamental questions of the international […]

Federal government shutdown affects UI operations 
Sponsored funding and federal agency work may stop temporarily

The federal government shutdown will temporarily affect University of Idaho research operations, university officials say.  Christopher Nomura, the Vice President of the Office of Research and Economic Development at UI, […]