Tag: Venezuela

Split image between Donald Trump and oil operations. The Trump administration is meeting with executives from more than a dozen oil and gas companies on Friday, as the president has called the industry to invest more than $100 billion in Venezuelan oil operations.

Energy and Environment

WATCH LIVE: Oil executives meet with Trump at White House

Molly Parks · January 9, 2026 2:31 pm

Split image between Donald Trump and oil operations. The Trump administration is meeting with executives from more than a dozen oil and gas companies on Friday, as the president has called the industry to invest more than $100 billion in Venezuelan oil operations.

Trump meets with oil executives in bid to boost US drilling in Venezuela

Callie Patteson · January 9, 2026 2:12 pm

Evana, an oil tanker, is docked at El Palito Port in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.

US seizes oil tanker sanctioned for transporting Russian oil

David Zimmermann · January 9, 2026 9:58 am

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2025, a day ahead of Maduro's inauguration ceremony where he was then sworn in for a third term. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado to visit White House: Trump

David Zimmermann · January 9, 2026 8:50 am

President Donald Trump departs on Air Force One from Palm Beach International Airport.

Trump announces cancellation of ‘second wave of attacks’ on Venezuela

Washington Examiner Staff · January 9, 2026 6:01 am

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla., as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Defense hawks get upper hand in tug-of-war over Trump foreign policy

Naomi Lim · January 9, 2026 6:00 am

The El Palito refinery rises above Puerto Cabello, Dec. 2025. (Matias Delacroix/AP)

Economic implications of Maduro ouster in Venezuela are broad and deep

Zach Halaschak · January 9, 2026 5:50 am

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's president, right, shakes hands with Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, during a meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Russia and Venezuela agreed to broaden their oil production cooperation, Russia's Lavrov said from Caracas. Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Venezuela raid is about the oil — keeping it from Russia and China

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 9, 2026 5:15 am

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, left, and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez hold up vote tally sheets from the top of a truck during a protest against the official presidential election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, two days after the election. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Maduro operation shows Trump administration wasn’t planning wholesale regime change

Mike Brest · January 9, 2026 5:00 am

María Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela on Jan. 9, 2025, a day ahead of Maduro’s inauguration. (Ariana Cubillos/AP)

María Corina Machado beat out Trump for the Nobel, but may have lost the bigger prize

Jamie McIntyre · January 9, 2026 4:27 am

President Donald Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat.

Trump says US will start ‘hitting land’ in pursuit of drug cartels

Washington Examiner Staff · January 9, 2026 4:07 am

CIA Director John Ratcliffe, President Trump, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Molly Riley/The White House/AP)

Why Trump trained his sights on Venezuela

Sean Durns · January 9, 2026 4:05 am