Politics
- Maduro overthrow in oil-rich Venezuela unlikely to shake energy markets in the near term - While Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves, its oil production is relatively small.
- Trump says U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars in Venezuela after Maduro’s overthrow - U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars in Venezuela's energy sector after the overthrow of Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump said.
- Trump: We are going to run Venezuela until we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition - President Donald Trump addressed the attack on Venezuela from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
- Watch: Trump addresses the nation following U.S. strike against Venezuela - President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak Saturday morning following a stunning, large-scale attack on Venezuela overnight.
- Ilya Lichtenstein, Bitcoin hacker behind massive crypto theft, credits Trump for early prison release - Ilya Lichtenstein had been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty and admitting to the hack of crypto assets valued in the billions of dollars.
- Orsted files legal challenge over Trump's halt to $5 billion offshore wind project - Shares of Orsted, the world's largest developer of offshore wind farms, rose more than 4% on the news.
- Trump says U.S. will intervene if Iran 'violently kills' protestors - Protests erupted last week over the government's handling of a sharp fall in the nation's currency and soaring prices.
- Bernie Sanders and Ron DeSantis speak out against data center boom. It's a bad sign for AI industry - Sen. Bernie Sanders has called for a data center moratoriu, while Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed back on the AI industry in Florida.
- Trump’s first vetoes of his second term hit bipartisan infrastructure projects, draw accusations of retribution - Trump promised retribution after Colorado refused to release Tina Peters, who was convicted by a state court last year.
- Khanna calls for nationwide fraud investigation after wealth tax proposal caused firestorm - California Rep. Ro Khanna is navigating a difficult environment as one-time supporters turn on him due to his support of a wealth tax.