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Senate Republicans blocked an effort to curb the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela, a victory for the president who was incensed that some Republicans tried to tie his hands on a key foreign policy.
Several GOP senators backed down from limiting the president's war powers after he threatened them with electoral consequences.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement persist in Minneapolis.
The two Republican senators, Josh Hawley and Todd Young, flipped their votes after having backed the measure in a procedural vote last week, enabling the GOP-led chamber to sink the resolution.
The first US sale of Venezuelan crude was to a company whose senior oil trader donated to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and attended a White House meeting with the president last week.
Senate Democrats pushed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead US Southern Command to explain the administration’s strategy in the wake of Nicolas Maduro’s ouster, warning that troops massed in the region risk being dragged into another “forever war.
History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment.
Senior officials claim Gulf state provides neutral location to store proceeds from which they can be moved safely and without risk of seizure