Exxon CEO calls Venezuela 'uninvestable' during meeting with Trump

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ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods meeting with Trump.
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods meets President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday.

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'Our 6-day honeymoon turned into a 14-day trip': A week after Venezuela strikes caused travel chaos, some vacationers are still stranded

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Meghan Lescinskas and her husband
Meghan Lescinskas and her husband

Courtesy of Meghan Lescinskas

2 lawyers are engaged in a bizarre power struggle over Nicolás Maduro

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Barry Pollack Nicolas Maduro Celia Flores
Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores attend their arraignment with defense lawyers Barry Pollack and Mark Donnelly to face U.S.

A well-timed Maduro bet on Polymarket paid out big. A new bill would keep government insiders out.

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Rep. Ritchie Torres
Rep. Ritchie Torres

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My family's been stuck in the Caribbean for days. We spent $10,000 more than we budgeted for, and we're still not home.

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Author David Morris smiling next to plane
Although we ended up stranded in the Caribbean for a bit, my family had the privilege of being flexible and adjusting our plans.

David Morris

US forces launched from the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier to seize another blockade-breaking oil tanker

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An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9, lands on the flight deck of the world's largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), after a right of visit boarding operation while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 7, 2026.
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lands on the flight deck of the carrier USS Gerald R. Ford this week.

US Navy photo

Navy destroyers helped the US catch a Russian-flagged oil tanker on the run in the Atlantic

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) maneuvers into position during At-Sea Demonstration (ASD) / Formidable Shield (FS) 2025.
USS Bulkeley, one of the destroyers involved in the seizure, sails in the Atlantic Ocean.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nye

Trump says the US shut off the lights in Venezuela's capital using 'certain expertise.' Here's how it may have done it.

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A figure in a helmet stands in front of a fighter jet with lights on at night time
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor parks after the US's military actions in Venezuela.

U.S. Air Force Photo

The best way to win on prediction markets: insider information

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Photo collage showing Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, U.S. President Donald Trump, and a smartphone displaying Polymarket, alongside a hand sliding a note.

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Vintage photos show Venezuela before its economic collapse, when oil wealth made it one of the world's richest nations

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circa 1955: A policeman directing traffic around a busy corner of central Caracas, Venezuela.
Venezuela underwent major economic and social changes in the mid-20th century.

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