Fox News Politics Newsletter: 3 key takeaways from Trump’s push to put US oil firms back in Venezuela

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3 key takeaways from Trump’s push to put US oil firms back in Venezuela

Following the dramatic capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the United States is now positioned to exert significant influence over the future of the world’s largest oil reserves.

What President Donald Trump does next could reshape Venezuela’s energy industry, alter global oil flows and redefine the balance of influence among major powers long invested in the country’s crude.

Here are three key takeaways…READ MORE.

A gas flare behind a coking coal pile at the Jose Antonio Anzotegui Petrochemical Complex in Barcelona, Anzoategui state, Venezuela, on Monday, May 22, 2023.  (Carolina Cabral/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

White House

FREEDOM RISING: Trump signs ‘make Iran great again’ hat alongside Lindsey Graham

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., posted a photo of himself posing with President Donald Trump, who is holding a signed “Make Iran Great Again” hat. (Lindsey Graham / X)

DIAL BACK: White House ‘laser focused’ on affordability as Trump softens tariff strategy

OUT WITH THE OLD: NASA begins infrastructure overhaul under Isaacman as Trump pushes ambitious space exploration goals

Recently confirmed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is moving quickly to modernize the agency, ordering the demolition of historic testing facilities at Marshall Space Flight Center as part of a broader infrastructure overhaul backed by new federal funding. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)

World Stage

DOMINO EFFECT: Maduro’s capture is ‘beginning of the end’ for Cuba’s regime, House Intelligence chair says

Cubans hold a Venezuelan national flag with a Cuban one during a gathering in support of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Havana on Jan. 3, 2026, after US forces captured him.  (Adalberto Roque / AFP via Getty Images)

‘WE’RE IN CHARGE’: Trump vows US ‘in charge’ of Venezuela as he reveals if he’s spoken to Delcy Rodríguez

EXPANSION PLANS: Trump warns ‘sick’ South American leader, reiterates ‘we need Greenland’ for national security

A “Make America Go Away” baseball cap, distributed for free by Danish artist Jens Martin Skibsted, is arranged in Sisimiut, Greenland, on March 30, 2025. (Juliette Pavy/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Capitol Hill

‘AGED LIKE MILK’: Lawmakers rip Biden after Trump-Maduro taunt resurfaces – call it baseless and politically charged

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, right, talks with Vice President Joe Biden, left, during the inauguration of the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil. (IMAGO/Xinhua via Alamy)

BILLION-DOLLAR GAMBLE: Congress rolls out $174B spending bill as Jan 30 shutdown fears grow

LEFT-WING FURY: Democrats label Trump’s Venezuela operation an ‘impeachable offense’

U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez attended the news conference in the US Capitol Building in Washington D.C. on Dec. 5, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images))

Across America 

ATTACK ON VP HOME: VP Vance’s Ohio home damaged, man in custody, Secret Service says

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a podium during a rally. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

FOLLOW THE MONEY: Minnesota fraud cases, explained: How hundreds of millions allegedly slipped through state programs

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