Trump, Republicans and Congress

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Trump’s iron grip on congressional Republicans is weakening
And they provide growing evidence that Trump, whose power relies on the domination of his party, is losing his iron grip on it. Perhaps most striking was the five Senate Republicans who voted to advance a measure limiting Trump’s power to launch further military strikes in Venezuela – the vote that drew Trump to lash out on social media.

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Trump’s foreign policy threatens grip on congressional Republicans
Trump suffers rare back-to-back defeats in Republican-led Congress
Angry Trump Called GOP Defectors After War Powers Vote
President Trump called Republican senators on Thursday to personally rebuke them for supporting a war-powers resolution that served as a symbolic repudiation of the administration’s moves in Venezuela...

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Fear of Trump’s wrath ripples through House GOP
Trump Flexes His Political Muscles as Veto Overrides Fail
Republican-led House fails to override Trump vetoes
"What is the upside? For something that's going to benefit one state, why would I go to battle over that and put any bill that I put on the floor in jeopardy?" said Republican Representative Rick McCo...

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Trump Fumes as Five Republicans Vote to Block Him on Venezuela
House considers overriding Trump vetoes as Republicans weigh crossing president

Trump says Venezuela is now 'rich and safe' but on the ground uncertainty remains

Residents living in the capital Caracas and elsewhere have expressed concerns about safety and the country’s future as its leadership and the level of United States involvement remains in flux.

Oil Bosses Hit Trump With Venezuela Setback: ‘Uninvestable’

Developing Venezuela’s oil industry would require major legal and commercial changes, Exxon CEO Darren Woods told Trump.

‘It’s uninvestible’: Trump’s Venezuela pitch met with skepticism from oil executives

The tepid reception from the industry threatens to further complicate Trump’s unprecedented intervention in Venezuela, which he envisions as a yearslong entanglement aimed at remaking both its political leadership and its oil-centric economy.

Trump says Venezuela stole American oil. Here's what really happened.

President Trump has said Venezuela "unilaterally seized and sold American oil." But the history between the countries is far more complicated, experts note.

Reactions to Trump and Venezuela: The Conversation

Newsweek highlights reader comments—this week focusing on reactions to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro by the U.S.

Trump wants to own Venezuela’s oil, but its largest oil customer is speeding toward clean energy

Energy experts say the US and China are diverging on the energy transition, with China sprinting far ahead on renewables and EVs, while the US doubles down on drilling oil at home and abroad.

Trump Urges Oil Companies to Speed Work in Venezuela

President Trump prodded American energy executives to quickly tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves on Friday, hours after the United States military intercepted another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil.

Trump says Venezuela has begun releasing political prisoners ‘in a BIG WAY’

Trump says Venezuela releasing political prisoners 'in a BIG WAY' after U.S. military operation captured Maduro with least 18 freed so far from detention.
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