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In a fact sheet issued Aug. 31, the White House set out the terms of the Venezuela oil arrangement Trump announced three days earlier. Venezuelan interim authorities have granted North American Blue Energy Partners, or...
Two U.S. officials told Axios on Aug. 19 that the military has quietly established a shipping corridor through a southern channel of the Strait of Hormuz, moving 15 to 20 tankers in and out each night in convoys under...
At an August 5 rally in Las Vegas, Trump described Venezuelan oil revenue as "spoils" of the January 2026 U.S. military operation that removed President Nicolas Maduro, saying the war "lasted 48 minutes" and had paid for...
In a July 13, 2026 social media post, President Trump announced that the United States "will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,'" and that it "will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20%...