Polls find large majorities of people in the US oppose military action in Venezuela, where Trump has ramped up pressure.

“The Constitutional principles haven’t changed. What has changed is Republicans’ willingness to defend those principles," an anti-war critic said after a Senate vote.

Polls find large majorities of people in the US oppose military action in Venezuela, where Trump has ramped up pressure.

Republicans narrowly defeated a bipartisan bill in the Senate requiring congressional approval for military action against Venezuela.