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Facing a 682% inflation rate, Venezuelans work three or more jobs and still can barely afford any food. ‘Everything is so expensive’

Facing a 682% inflation rate, Venezuelans work three or more jobs and still can barely afford any food. ‘Everything is so expensive’

“Inflation and more inflation and devaluation,” Roa says. “It’s out of control.”

By Regina Garcia Cano, Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press

January 10, 2026

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FILE – A plane carrying Donald Trump Jr. lands in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 7, 2025. (Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file)

If Trump takes control of Greenland, he would have to build a welfare state ‘that he doesn’t want for his own citizens,’ expert says

By Emma Burrows, Ben Finley, and others

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As U.S. debt soars past $38 trillion, the flood of corporate bonds is a growing threat to the Treasury supply

Demonstrators outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul, Minnesota, US, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions around the Trump administration’s migrant crackdown. Photographer: Jaida Grey Eagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ICE shooting sets up budget standoff before shutdown deadline as deeper reforms eyed. ‘We must dismantle it and build it from the ground up again’

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities, and included economic slogans, to political and anti-government ones. (Photo by MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Dozens feared dead as Iran hit by largest protests in years

By Arsalan Shahla and Bloomberg

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Trump chose not to restore democracy in Venezuela, with the opposition’s Nobel winner in hiding and much of the opposition in prison

By Regina Garcia Cano and The Associated Press

January 7, 2026

A visual illustration of the digital twin of Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ fusion demonstration machine SPARC. In collaboration with Siemens and Nvidia, the digital twin of SPARC was unveiled at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.

Fusion power nearly ready for prime time as Commonwealth builds first pilot for limitless, clean energy with AI help from Siemens, Nvidia

January 7, 2026

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Trump’s Venezuela plan just got a whole lot more expensive, as he says the U.S. could give ‘tremendous’ sums to oil companies building there

By Eleanor Pringle

January 7, 2026

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Venezuela’s new president steered $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration—in 2017

By Joshua Goodman and The Associated Press

January 7, 2026

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Trump: Venezuela to sell 30m-50m barrels of ‘high quality’ oil to U.S. at market price

By Regina Garcia Cano, Aamer Madhani, Megan Janetsky and The Associated Press

January 7, 2026

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From Latin America’s richest country 100 years ago to a founding member of OPEC, the long history of Venezuela’s oil and U.S. ties, explained

By James Trapani and The Conversation

January 6, 2026

US President Donald Trump, alongside Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 3. Trump said U.S. forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country.

President Trump stands ready to send U.S. Big Oil into Venezuela en masse, but the messy reality of rebuilding a ruined industry takes many years

January 6, 2026

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Trump’s strike on Venezuela gives the U.S. 30% of the world’s oil reserves on paper and a $100 billion rebuilding job in reality

By Sasha Rogelberg and Nick Lichtenberg

January 6, 2026

Trump tells NBC U.S. may reimburse firms for Venezuela oil efforts

Trump tells NBC U.S. may reimburse firms for Venezuela oil efforts

By Kate Sullivan, Hadriana Lowenkron and Bloomberg

January 5, 2026

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Energy stocks rip as JP Morgan estimates the U.S. could hold 30% of all the world’s oil

By Michelle Chapman and The Associated Press

January 5, 2026

‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry says toppling of Venezuela’s Maduro will weaken Russia’s global standing as its oil ‘just became less important’

‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry says toppling of Venezuela’s Maduro will weaken Russia’s global standing as its oil ‘just became less important’

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

January 5, 2026

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Chevron stock is spiking after the U.S. raid on Venezuela

By The Associated Press

January 5, 2026

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Venezuela’s new interim president is the daughter of a socialist who was arrested in connection with the 1976 kidnapping of an American businessman

By Megan Janetsky, Isabel Debre and The Associated Press

January 5, 2026

Wall Street cheers the prospect of conflict in Venezuela and Greenland

Wall Street cheers the prospect of conflict in Venezuela and Greenland

January 5, 2026

Crude oil prices rise after Maduro ouster as Wall Street braces for a big week that will put the U.S. economy back on Trump’s radar

Crude oil prices rise after Maduro ouster as Wall Street braces for a big week that will put the U.S. economy back on Trump’s radar

January 5, 2026

OPEC+ sticks with plan to keep oil flow steady amid turmoil

OPEC+ sticks with plan to keep oil flow steady amid turmoil

By Grant Smith, Ben Bartenstein, Salma El Wardany, Nayla Razzouk, Fiona MacDonald and Bloomberg

January 4, 2026

Rubio suggests the U.S. won’t govern Venezuela day-to-day and will use oil quarantine to exercise control

Rubio suggests the U.S. won’t govern Venezuela day-to-day and will use oil quarantine to exercise control

By Regina Garcia Cano, Matthew Lee, Will Weissert, Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

January 4, 2026

Meet Venezuela’s new leader Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime socialist who turned to market reforms after the economy collapsed

Meet Venezuela’s new leader Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime socialist who turned to market reforms after the economy collapsed

January 4, 2026

Rubio says the U.S. doesn’t need Venezuelan oil but seeks to deny adversaries control over it—and doesn’t rule out occupying the country

Rubio says the U.S. doesn’t need Venezuelan oil but seeks to deny adversaries control over it—and doesn’t rule out occupying the country

January 4, 2026

If Venezuela becomes a major oil producer again, ‘that could cement lower prices’ long term and put pressure on Russia, analyst says

If Venezuela becomes a major oil producer again, ‘that could cement lower prices’ long term and put pressure on Russia, analyst says

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

January 4, 2026

Maduro is now in the U.S. to face criminal charges after deposed Venezuelan leader smiles while escorted by DEA agents

Maduro is now in the U.S. to face criminal charges after deposed Venezuelan leader smiles while escorted by DEA agents

By Regina Garcia Cano, Konstantin Toropin, Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

January 4, 2026

Trump snatches Maduro but leaves his regime in charge for now

Trump snatches Maduro but leaves his regime in charge for now

By Catherine Lucey, Eric Martin, Jamie Tarabay and Bloomberg

January 4, 2026

Deploying U.S. troops in Venezuela could become a ‘force protection nightmare’ amid potential insurgency threat, retired colonel warns

Deploying U.S. troops in Venezuela could become a ‘force protection nightmare’ amid potential insurgency threat, retired colonel warns

January 4, 2026

Trump seeks to make Venezuela great again and revive its oil-based economy while affordability crisis lingers in the U.S.

Trump seeks to make Venezuela great again and revive its oil-based economy while affordability crisis lingers in the U.S.

January 3, 2026

An oil tanker is seen anchored in Lake Maracaibo after loading crude oil at the Bajo Grande Refinery port. The Trump administration seized the oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The vessel, which was on the Treasury Department's sanctions list and was sailing under the Guyanese flag, was on the US Treasury Department's sanctions list. The US president threatened to confiscate all hydrocarbon-laden vessels in the Venezuelan oil-producing nation.

Trump makes it clear shocking Venezuelan regime change is largely about oil: ‘They stole our oil … We’re going to make a lot of money’

January 3, 2026

Trump says ‘we’re going to run’ Venezuela and is not afraid to put U.S. troops on the ground after Maduro’s capture

Trump says ‘we’re going to run’ Venezuela and is not afraid to put U.S. troops on the ground after Maduro’s capture

January 3, 2026

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Tesla is officially smaller than China’s BYD in EV sales as it reports second-straight year of falling sales

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 2, 2026

Eric Schmidt sat in a white chair, speaking on a stage.

How former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is motivated by Henry Kissinger to keep working past 70

January 2, 2026

Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, speaks during the Collision 2022 conference at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada.

Google ex-CEO Eric Schmidt jumps into the AI data center business with a failed, 150-year-old Texas railroad turned oil giant

January 2, 2026

Negative prices for electricity are getting more common in Europe and consumer costs have dipped—while Americans face rising energy bills

Negative prices for electricity are getting more common in Europe and consumer costs have dipped—while Americans face rising energy bills

January 1, 2026

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