Chevron says Venezuelan oil imports are helping curb U.S. gas prices

Chevron’s stepped-up imports of Venezuelan oil are helping ease fuel prices for U.S. consumers, according to a senior executive with the energy giant. Andrew Walz, Chevron’s president of global refining, told CBS News that the company is running its Pascagoula, Mississippi, refinery around the clock to process crude from Venezuela.   Walz said Chevron is moving … Read more

Appeals court shuts down criminal contempt probe over deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants

Washington — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered an end to criminal contempt proceedings launched by a lower court judge who said the government defied his order to turn around deportation flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year. A divided panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the … Read more

Venezuelan lawmakers approve a sweeping mining bill to lure foreign investors

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to regulate the country’s mining as it seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups with ties to the government. It is the latest legislative initiative by acting President Delcy Rodríguez since the self-proclaimed socialist … Read more

Venezuelan immigrant sent to El Salvador’s notorious prison files $1.3M lawsuit against Trump admin

A Venezuelan man sent to El Salvador’s notoriously brutal CECOT prison filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against the Trump administration on Tuesday. Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel was detained on March 13, 2025 — his birthday — in Texas, removed from the U.S. and flown to CECOT with dozens of other immigrants on now-infamous flights. Leon … Read more

Venezuelan man deported to CECOT prison sues U.S. for $1.3 million

A Venezuelan man who was deported from the U.S. and detained in the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador last year has become the first known ex-prisoner to sue the U.S. for damages, filing a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday seeking at least $1.3 million in compensation. In an interview with CBS News, Neiyerver Adrián … Read more

Trump touts US has ‘tremendous’ amount of Venezuelan oil, vows to ‘take care’ of Cuba after Iran focus

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump declared Saturday that the U.S. is “taking out tremendous amounts of oil” from Venezuela while vowing to “take care” of Cuba’s regime following America’s focus on Iran.  The president, speaking at the Shield of the Americas Summit in Florida, prefaced his remarks by saying … Read more

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro asks judge to toss indictment

An attorney for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro asked a federal judge Thursday to toss out the indictment against his client, arguing the Trump administration is blocking Venezuelan government funds needed to pay for his legal defense. Maduro’s lawyer, Barry Pollack, filed the court documents in federal court in New York City, claiming the government’s … Read more