NewzOil giant Chevron confirmed that it will expand its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told the Trump administration Tuesday to “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough,” as he pushed back against a fresh wave of taunts from Washington. Carney said U.S.-Canada trade talks could resume if Washington becomes serious about negotiations.And a record percentage of Americans — about 9 in 10 — 89% — believe there's widespread corruption in the U.S. government, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday.
That’s up 10 percentage points from last year.Here's the Latest:Energy secretary Wright says US ‘not taking any oil ’ from VenezuelaOn a visit to Caracas, Wright said the US. is “not taking any oil here” in its deal to develop Venezuela’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits.“This is a deal between a commercial enterprise that’s operating in Venezuela today,” Wright told Bloomberg TV Wednesday. “We’re just coming in as a partner, a passive partner ...
with very active controls to make sure highest business practices are followed, and to work with them to bring more capital so we can accelerate the development of these (oil) reserves.”Under the deal, the U.S. is entering a joint venture with North American Blue Energy Partners, a company owned by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt. The company is already the second largest operator in Venezuela, behind Chevron.Wright is expected to meet with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez and announce agreements with energy companies.Now Apple has matched Google in showing “Lake America” to US usersApple’s move followed competitor Google days after Trump ordered a new name for the body of water.
still see the name the lake has had since before the U.S. and Canada existed.Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Fox this week that Trump had reached out to the company “directly” about the change.The president’s executive order on Friday directed the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S.
Geographic Names Information System, as one of the latest provocations during his trade war… That’s up 10 percentage points from last year.Here's the Latest:Now Apple has matched Google in relabeling Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for US usersApple’s move followed competitor Google days after Trump ordered a new name for the body of water. The app owned by California-based System1 also gave users the option to name the lake “whatever you want.”Marco Rubio says Iran will ‘continue to feel the squeeze’ as hostilities resumeThe secretary of state said the US will continue pressuring Iran until it drops any nuclear weapons ambitions and ends support for terrorism in the Middle East and beyond.“The core and central issue is in the end that Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon,” he said.“They want money for two things, to sponsor terrorism and to obtain a nuclear weapon,” he told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade in an interview aired on Wednesday.
They spoke on Tuesday shortly after Trump announced that the U.S. had resumed military operations against Iran in and around the Strait of Hormuz, but befo…
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