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17 Sep 2026, 13:43 GMT Chris Hippensteel (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

Jeffries said the legislation had ​so many loopholes that sanctions harming Russia might not be applied Sign up for the US Breaking News email A group of Democratic senators is demanding information from the Trump administration about what’s being done with massive oil revenues funneled to the US from Venezuela, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The Post reported that three senators – Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse – directed a letter on the subject to Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State and a key architect of US policy toward Venezuela, and Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary. Continue reading...

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