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Trump Administration Moves to Secure Access to Vast Venezuelan Oil Reserves

The administration of United States President Donald Trump announced a plan involving private partners to gain access to tens of billions of barrels of Venezuelan crude, seeking to ease pressure from rising fuel prices while expanding United States involvement in the country’s oil sector.
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Gloria Steinem Dies at 92 as US Lawmakers Pay Tribute
George W. Bush Left Off Republican National Convention Speaker List
Trump Backs Federal Tax Incentives to Bring Film and Television Production Back to US
George Santos Banned and Fined Over Political Prediction Market Manipulation
Majority of Republican Voters Now Approve of Labor Unions, Gallup Poll Shows
House Democratic Leaders Threaten Discipline After Moderates Back Republican Procedural Vote
Ed Markey Defeats Seth Moulton in Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary
Federal Prosecutors Charge ICE Agent Over Alleged Minneapolis Shooting Cover-Up
Hung Cao Nominated to Serve as US Secretary of the Navy
House Censures Republican Chuck Edwards After Sexual Harassment Findings
EPA Grants Small Refineries Exemptions Covering Nearly 1.8 Billion Renewable Fuel Credits
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