Trump’s $100 Billion Venezuela Oil Plan Gets a Cool Reception
President Trump met with oil and gas executives on Friday in an effort to push them to invest money in Venezuela, a plan many of them are reluctant to embrace. Source: Original News
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GOP Seeks Some Distance From Trump as Midterm Election Year Opens
The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president. Source: Original News
U.S. Hiring Turned Sluggish One Year Into Trump’s Second Term
As economists pointed to some of the president’s policies to explain the latest Labor Department data, White House aides sought to make the case for optimism in the new year. Source: Original News
New F.B.I. Deputy Director Chosen After Bongino’s Departure
Even as the selection of a career agent, Christopher G. Raia, leaves an unusual three-person leadership structure in place, it returns a career agent to the No. 2 post. Source: Original News
Supreme Court Issues First Ruling of Term but Don’t Yet Get To Tariffs
Only once in the modern era have the justices taken this long to issue their first decision — and when it came, it wasn’t the hotly anticipated case on President Trump’s tariffs. Source: Original News
How Our White House Photographer Finds New Angles on the Oval Office
Doug Mills, winner of three Pulitzers, sits, crawls and hoists cameras high in the air to bring viewers fresh perspectives. He was at it again this week during our marathon interview with President Trump. Source: Original News
Trump Officials Reopen Thousands of Refugee Claims in Minnesota
The review comes as the federal government escalates its immigration enforcement in the state. Source: Original News
U.S. Boards Another Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil
The tanker, the Olina, is the fifth to be boarded or seized by U.S. forces in recent weeks as part of an effort to control Venezuela’s oil exports. Source: Original News
Brian Heywood Is Bankrolling Conservative Ballot Measures in Washington
Brian Heywood, a Seattle-area hedge fund founder, has spent millions to put conservative initiatives in front of Washington lawmakers and voters. Next up: parental rights and transgender athletes. Source: Original News
The Many Lives of a Radical Founder
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago this week, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of his strange and winding story. Source: Original News