A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. senators filed a resolution on Wednesday that would block U.S. military action against Venezuela without congressional approval, after U.S. President Donald Trump said a land campaign would begin shortly.

Experts warned Trump's Caribbean military deployment diverts critical resources, as Venezuela crisis tests the limits of diplomatic pressure tactics.

Bipartisan senators introduced a War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s unauthorized U.S. military “hostilities” in Venezuela.

President Donald Trump hosted a White House meeting Monday evening to discuss Venezuela and the country's leader amid strikes on alleged drug boats.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety."

The United States continued its pressure campaign against Venezuela on Saturday as President Donald Trump issued a broad directive on social media, warning airlines, pilots and criminal networks to avoid Venezuelan airspace.

U.S. President Donald Trumpheld talks on Monday with top advisers to discuss the pressure campaign on Venezuela, among other topics, a senior U.S. official said.

Venezuela’s government said it “forcefully rejects” Trump’s claim about closing the airspace and that it was a “colonial threat” intended to undermine the country’s “territorial integrity, aeronautical security and full sovereignty.”

The scheduled deportation flight marks a rare moment of cooperation between the Trump administration and Venezuela, as the threat of a U.S. attack looms.

The Venezuelan President has denied any ties to the illegal drug trade, and his government has condemned Trump’s warning that the country’s air space should be considered closed as a “colonialist threat” and “yet another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people.”

Diosdado Cabello, the second-in-command of the Venezuelan regime, also confirmed authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro had a phone conversation with Donald Trump, but warned that "no one has the slightest idea" of what was discussed.