US President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on Aug. 24, 2026.
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The U.S. struck a deal with Venezuela to get majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves, President Donald Trump announced Friday.
Trump said in an evening social media post that the deal comes “at no cost to” U.S. taxpayers.
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