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US Secures Deal for Control of Nearly a Quarter of Venezuela’s Untapped Oil Fields

President Donald Trump announced an agreement giving the United States a controlling stake in nearly a quarter of Venezuela’s untapped oil fields, with the administration seeking lower fuel prices despite major logistical hurdles and international criticism.
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Gloria Steinem Dies at 92
New York Mayor Seeks Non-Political Tone for September 11 Memorial
OpenAI Launches US Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Initiative
Apple Maps Renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ for US Users
Pentagon Introduces Mandatory Testosterone Screening for Service Members Aged 30 and Older
Patagonia Joins Lawsuit Challenging Reduction of Utah National Monuments
China Tax Authorities End Dividend Exemption for Expatriate Workers
Musicians File Class Action Copyright Lawsuit Against AI Platform Suno
US House Passes Bill Penalizing Universities That Boycott Israel
Bernie Sanders Proposes Ban on Superintelligent AI Development
Nvidia Pursues Strategic Partnership With Hugging Face
US Gasoline and Diesel Prices Surge Ahead of Labor Day Weekend
FBI Expands Use of AI for Domestic and International Threat Detection
House Democrats Seek to Halt US Military Boat Strikes in Caribbean and Pacific
Federal Court Weighs Challenge to New US Restrictions on International Student Visas
Pentagon Reaffirms Anthropic as Supply Chain Risk
US Automakers Urge Congress to Ban Chinese-Made Vehicle Sales
NASA Launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to Study Dark Energy and Exoplanets
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra and Declares AGI Era as Major AI Platforms Suffer Outage
Federal Reserve Signals Rate Cuts Could Be Delayed as Oil Prices Rise
Missouri Supreme Court Blocks Republican-Backed Congressional Map Before Midterms
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Mail-Ballot Screening Rules
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
US Secures Deal for Control of Nearly a Quarter of Venezuela’s Untapped Oil Fields
Iran Strikes US Military Bases in Kuwait and UAE After Deadly American Airstrike
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
Trump Announces New Drug Pricing Agreements With Pharmaceutical Companies
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Bernie Sanders Floats Federal Ban on Superintelligent AI Systems
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OpenAI Offers Subsidized AI Security Tools to US Critical Infrastructure Operators
Trump Administration Moves Toward Ending Tax-Exempt Status for Universities Using Race in Admissions
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Trump Administration Presses Congress to Ban Mail-In Voting Through SAVE America Act
US Immigration Agency Acknowledges Detaining More Than 130 American Citizens in Minnesota Sweep
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Resigns Ahead of House Hearing
White House Summons Oil Executives as US Gasoline Prices Rise Above $4 a Gallon
US Justice Department Expands Price-Fixing Investigation Into Eight Major Grocers
Supreme Court Signals Possible Limits on Federal Agency Enforcement Powers
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