Driving the news: Nearly three-quarters of Republicans said they somewhat or strongly supported the U.S. using military force to invade Venezuela in a YouGov poll released Wednesday and conducted after last weekend's shocking operation. That's a sharp increase from just days prior. In an Economist-YouGov survey conducted Jan. 2-5 (Trump announced the operation Jan. 3) 53% of Republicans said they'd support such military force. In a Dec. 20-22 poll, that figure was at 43%. Back in September and October, only about three in ten Republicans said they would support military action targeting Venezuela. An even larger share of Republicans (78%) now say they approve of using military force to capture Maduro, per the YouGov survey.