By InSight Crime Tareck El Aissami is a high-profile Venezuelan politician who was arrested on corruption charges. Over the course of his political career, he held senior posts in the administrations of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, including Executive Vice President of the Republic and Minister of Petroleum — positions from which he laid the groundwork

By:Markus Schmidt Just hours before the Virginia General Assembly was set to convene, Democrats on Tuesday held onto two House of Delegates seats in special elections, extending a winning streak that has followed a wave of legislative departures to fill key roles in Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger’s incoming administration. By 8 p.m., Democrat Gretchen Bulova defeated Republican