A Florida man’s complex jurisdictional appeal forced the justices to wrestle with whether Congress could strip the high court of authority to reign supreme over federal law.

A trickle of political prisoners from the notorious Helicoide detention center in Caracas were released, and former inmates recalled a hell on earth.

Venezuela will release a large number of prisoners as a "peace" gesture, the president of the National Assembly said on Thursday. Jorge Rodríguez, who is the brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez,

Crime has declined in Venezuela in recent years, but experts say that isn’t evidence Maduro sent freed prisoners to the U.S. It's because of a confluence of factors, including a humanitarian crisis and a declining economy, pushing close to 8 million people to flee Venezuela since 2014. Most have migrated to Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile.