Trump promises oil executives 'total safety' if they invest in Venezuela after Maduro ouster

President Donald Trump on Friday called on oil executives to rush back into Venezuela as the White House tries to quickly secure $100 billion in investments to fix the country's neglected infrastructure and fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum.

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro is coming to the U.S. next month to meet Trump

President Trump will meet with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House next month.

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Senators get up-close view of a secure border: 'Really important to maintaining the progress'

National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez said Friday that the resources provided to border officials through the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act have uncuffed border patrol agents to do their jobs.

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Chinese national in U.S. illegally accused of photographing bombers at Air Force base

A Chinese national accused this week of taking unauthorized photographs of B-2 Spirit stealth bombers at an Air Force base in Missouri has been in the U.S. illegally since 2022 but was released from custody after claiming asylum.

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Disneyland monorail trains get stuck, dozens evacuated

Guests had to climb down from the Disneyland resort monorail by ladder after two trains got stuck.

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Two Democrats propose bill to toss ICE agents' qualified immunity

Two House Democrats are drafting legislation that would end qualified immunity for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after clashes in Minnesota and Oregon.

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Russia fires Oreshnik hypersonic missile at Ukraine's Lviv region near Polish border

Russia launched its advanced Oreshnik hypersonic missile at Ukraine's Lviv region for the second time since the war began, signaling its military resolve to Western allies as critical U.S.-led peace negotiations advance.

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D.C. man faces second-degree murder charge, accused of causing crash that left pedestrian dead

A District man has been charged with murder after a crash at the intersection of 16th and L Streets NW that killed a pedestrian and left him and two others injured.

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Feds detail 3 more noncitizen voting cases

Federal authorities this week won a guilty plea from an illegal immigrant who cast votes in Michigan, plus announced indictments against two men they accused of voting illegally in New Jersey.

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Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers

Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes.

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U.S. seizes oil tanker suspected of carrying embargoed Venezuelan oil in Caribbean

The U.S. seized an oil tanker suspected of carrying embargoed oil from Venezuela in a predawn mission.

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Exiled son of Shah of Iran calls for more protests in his homeland after mass demonstrations

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late Shah of Iran, is calling for sustained mass demonstrations after thousands of Iranians marched through the streets Thursday in Tehran and other cities.

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Trump says he canceled additional attacks on Venezuela, pointing to prisoner release

President Trump says he canceled a "second wave of attacks" on Venezuela because he sees progress in Caracas under the interim government.

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Iran cuts off internet and phone lines as nationwide demonstrations grow

Iran's supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Trump's pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating.

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The fate of Venezuela: What happens next?

President Trump's authorization of the brazen U.S. military raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas has sent questions swirling around what comes next for the South American nation and what the Trump administration's strategy is for preventing a total economic and security meltdown in Venezuela.

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WATCH: Vance says Denmark 'obviously' had not done a proper job in securing Greenland

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday that Denmark "obviously" had not done a proper job in securing Greenland and that President Trump "is willing to go as far as he has to" to defend American interests in the Arctic.

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Major Chinese money laundering suspect detained

A California man charged with handling tens of millions of dollars in a Chinese money-laundering operation supporting Mexican drug cartels is being held in federal detention in Ohio, the Justice Department said Thursday.

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Nevada Gov. Lombardo leads ballot initiative to keep biological males out of girls' sports

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is heading a petition drive to bar biological males from girls' scholastic sports, seeking to put the issue directly before the voters after being thwarted by the Democrat-led state legislature.

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Why Southeast Asia's online scam industry is so hard to shut down

Cambodia's arrest and extradition of a powerful tycoon accused of running a vast online scam network marks a rare strike against an industry that has stolen tens of billions of dollars worldwide. U.S. and U.K. authorities say Chen Zhi led a transnational criminal enterprise that exploited trafficked workers and defrauded victims worldwide.

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Venezuela helps vault Rubio to quarterback of Trump's foreign policy team

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a football fan - he played in college, supports the Miami Dolphins, and his son is a running back for the University of Florida Gators. Now, he is quarterbacking President Donald Trump's foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent times, notably in Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America, longtime core interests of the child of Cuban immigrants and former Florida senator.

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