Trump calls off “second wave of attacks” on Venezuela, meets with oil executives

  16m ago The big oil companies meeting with Trump today CEOs from these companies will be attending the meeting with Mr. Trump: Chevron, Exxon, Conoco Phillips, Continental, Halliburton, HKN, Valero, Marathon, Shell, Trafigura, Vitol Americas, Repsol, Eni, Aspect Holdings, Tallgrass, Raisa Energy and Hilcorp. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and

Trump calls off “second wave of attacks” on Venezuela

  33m ago Trump says he’s called off “second Wave of Attacks” on a cooperative Venezuela President Trump announced on his Truth Social platform overnight that he’s “cancelled the previously expected second Wave of Attacks, which looks like it will not be needed.” Mr. Trump explained that Venezuela “is releasing large numbers of political prisoners

Trump lays out Venezuela oil strategy, plans to meet with Machado in Washington

President Trump said on Truth Social Wednesday that Venezuela will use the money that it draws from a recent oil sale deal with the U.S. on “ONLY American Made Products.” Those purchases could include agricultural products, medicines, medical devices and equipment needed to fix the country’s beleaguered electrical grid, Mr. Trump wrote. “In other words,

5 states sue Trump administration for freezing social services funding

Attorneys general in five Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs, citing concerns about fraud in the programs designed to help low-income families. The states — California, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois and New York — called the move an unconstitutional abuse