Good evening. I'm Nick Schifrin. Jeff Bennett and Omina Vaz are away. On the news hour tonight, President Trump on the world stage, announcing a first ground attack on Venezuela and endorsing Israel's position in Gaza.

The AI explosion, how artificial intelligence grew exponentially in 2025 and whether the boom

could become a bubble.

And artful healing, arts programs that help give hope to wounded warriors.

We have a mental health crisis.

There's no one magic pill that's going to solve it all.

And so the arts can play a role in helping fill that gap.

Welcome to the News Hour. The United States has launched its first ground attack against Venezuela since the administration

began its campaign to combat drug trafficking and pressure President Nicolas Maduro.

We don't have many details, but President Trump confirmed the explosion today and said the target

was along Venezuela's shore.

There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs.

So we hit all the boats and now we hit the area.

It's the implementation area.

That's where they implement and that is no longer around.

This week the U.S. deployed even more military assets to the Caribbean. adding to what is already the largest deployment of the U.S. Navy to that region in half a century.

It's allowed the U.S. to strike at least 29 alleged drug boats and seize two sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers and pursue a third.

But the president wasn't focused only on Venezuela.

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Trump that Ukraine had tried to attack one of

his residences.

That's a claim that Trump accepted.

It's a delicate period of time.

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