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Oil Executives Resist Push by Trump to Invest in Venezuela

At White House, companies point to legal risks and instability

(Newser) - President Trump called on major US and European oil companies to sink at least $100 billion into Venezuela's energy sector, but the industry leaders he met at the White House on Friday signaled no such commitment. Some smaller oil and trading firms have been eager to expand in Venezuela,...

Conan to Comics: Trump Is 'Siren Leading You Into the Rocks'

Comedian criticizes late-night hosts for leaning in too heavily on Trump slams

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien thinks comedians are right to go after President Trump—he just thinks many are doing it badly. In a wide-ranging talk at the Oxford Union, the former late-night host warned that comics who lean too heavily on blunt anti-Trump lines risk dulling their sharpest edge. "Some...

Khamenei Scoffs at Trump Threats: Mind Your Own Nation

Unrest over economic crisis grows, with supreme leader dismissing protesters as 'vandals'

(Newser) - Iran's top leader is signaling defiance as street unrest grows and pressure from Washington intensifies. Speaking Friday in the holy city of Qom, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that his nation wouldn't give ground to a wave of demonstrations or to President Trump's warnings about possible...

Trump Says He Called Off 2nd Wave of Venezuela Attacks

He praises release of political prisoners, cooperation on oil and gas infrastructure

(Newser) - President Trump says the US and Venezuela are working so well together that he has called off a second wave of attacks. In a Truth Social post early Friday, the president praised cooperation on oil infrastructure and Venezuela's release of high-profile prisoners on Thursday, CNBC reports.
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Gabbard Is Squeezed Out of Venezuela Operation

CIA director has a seat at the Trump's table, but not the national intelligence chief'

(Newser) - Tulsi Gabbard holds the nation's top intelligence title, but she was kept out of the loop on one of the Trump administration's biggest covert actions: the operation targeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to multiple people familiar with the matter, White House officials began excluding the director of...

House Republicans Refuse to Override 2 Trump Vetoes

Lawmakers who voted for bills declined to defy president

(Newser) - House Republicans who voted unanimously for two bipartisan bills failed to defy President Trump in numbers large enough to override his vetoes on Thursday. The vote to override Trump's veto on a Colorado water project was 248-177, with 35 Republicans in favor, the Hill reports. On Trump's veto...

Shamans' First Big Prediction of 2026 Comes True

Peruvian spiritual guides predicted Maduro would fall

(Newser) - Score one for Peru's shamans: The ouster of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela means the spiritual guides already have gotten one of their annual major prophecies correct, reports Euro News . Of note to Americans: The shamans also foresee President Trump falling ill.

Trump Defends ICE Agent, but 'I Hate to See' Shooting

President watches a slow-motion replay of Minnesota incident with reporters

(Newser) - President Trump doubled down on his defense of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent's fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis during an interview with the New York Times . "She behaved horribly," he said of the 37-year-old woman who was killed, Renee Nicole Good. "She ran...

Trump Is Inviting Colombia's Petro to White House

Leaders have surprisingly warm phone call

(Newser) - President Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, are suddenly talking instead of trading barbs, CBS News reports. The White House says Trump spoke by phone with the Colombian president on Wednesday, days after the US leader described Colombia as "very sick" and Petro as a "sick man"...

Trump Pulls US From 66 Global Organizations

Agencies dealing with population, climate are among those being dropped

(Newser) - The Trump administration will withdraw the US from dozens of international organizations, including the United Nations' population agency and the UN treaty that establishes international climate negotiations—a further retreat by the US from global cooperation. President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending support for 66 organizations, agencies,...

Trump Proposes Massive Increase in Defense Spending

He calls for $1.5T in military spending, citing 'troubled and dangerous times'

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday proposed setting US military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing "troubled and dangerous times." Trump called for the massive surge in spending days after he ordered a US military operation to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and spirit him out of...

Trump Threatens CEO Pay If Weapons Makers Don't Change

Companies are too slow and spend too much on stock buybacks, posts say

(Newser) - Defense CEOs who enjoy eight-figure paychecks may soon have to make do with a lot less. President Trump on Wednesday issued a list of demands for defense contractors in social media posts that includes capping pay at $5 million until company performance improves—a limit he called "a mere...

Rubio to Meet Danish Officials to Talk Greenland
Rubio Agrees to
Denmark's Ask
Jan 7, 2026 4:11 PM CST

Rubio Agrees to Denmark's Ask

He'll meet with Danish officials next week

(Newser) - Marco Rubio says he will sit down with Danish officials next week following the Trump administration's assertion that it was looking to acquire Greenland . The US secretary of state confirmed the upcoming meeting in Washington but sidestepped questions about whether the Trump administration might use force to gain control...

Turns Out NYC's Congestion Pricing Is Working Quite Well

Once-controversial toll has cut down on traffic, sped up buses, raised transit funds in its first year

(Newser) - New Yorkers grumbled when the fees arrived, but the numbers suggest they may be grumbling in faster traffic. A year into Manhattan's congestion pricing program—tolls of up to $9 for most vehicles driving on surface streets below 60th Street during peak travel windows—the New York Times reports...

Another Performance Bites the Dust at the Kennedy Center

Banjo king Bela Fleck cites divisiveness after 'highly politicized' institution adds Trump name

(Newser) - Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck won't be taking the stage at the Kennedy Center next month, saying the venue has become too politically fraught for comfort. The 18-time Grammy winner was slated to perform George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the National Symphony Orchestra in February, but the...

Closing Soon: The Trump Store
Trump Store Is
Closing Its Doors
Jan 7, 2026 7:19 AM CST

Trump Store Is Closing Its Doors

Shop in suburban Philadelphia has 'kind of run its course'

(Newser) - A suburban Philadelphia shop selling President Trump-themed merchandise that became a magnet for die-hard supporters announced it's closing its doors, six years after opening. The Trump Store, which sells hats, flags, T-shirts, and other items in hotly politically contested Bucks County, posted on social media that its storefront will...

DeSantis Mulls State Charges Against Maduro

Fla. governor backs seeking separate state case over Venezuela leader's alleged drug crimes

(Newser) - Florida could try to pile on Nicolas Maduro's legal troubles. Gov. Ron DeSantis said this week that the attorney general's office in Florida is "looking very seriously" at bringing state charges against the Venezuelan leader, days after Maduro was brought to the US and pleaded not guilty...

New White House Site Blames Dems, Police for Capitol Riot

It claims Democrats staged 'real insurrection' on Jan. 6

(Newser) - A new official website from President Trump's White House is marking the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack by flipping the script on who was to blame. The site, launched Tuesday, accuses Democrats—and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in particular—of engineering what it calls...

Trump Quotes Melania: 'Could You Imagine FDR Dancing?'

'There's a long history that perhaps she doesn't know,' adds the president

(Newser) - During his speech to a GOP retreat in DC on Tuesday, President Trump segued into jokey territory: The first lady, he informed his audience, hates when he dances at public events, reports the Hill . "She's a very classy person, right? She said it's so unpresidential," Trump...

GOP Indiana Rep, Wife Hospitalized After Car Crash

Trump says accident was 'pretty bad,' but 'they're going to be okay'

(Newser) - President Trump said Tuesday that Indiana US Rep. Jim Baird, a Republican, and his wife are recovering in the hospital following a car accident. "They're going to be okay, but they had a pretty bad accident, and we're praying that they get out of that hospital very...

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