Hunt Oil & SLB sign Venezuela’s first new production contracts since Maduro’s removal, as U.S.-bound exports quadruple to over 500,000 barrels a day — but industry giants like ExxonMobil remain sidelined
Canada-U.S. say they’re close to finalizing trade arrangement, though key tariff details remain unresolved. Mexico is pursuing its own separate bilateral track with similar demands, and neither is expected to produce more than an interim deal
Florida’s first primary under its redrawn congressional map delivered a marquee governor’s matchup & a major upset, as DSA-backed Angie Nixon defeats better-funded Alexander Vindman for the Senate nomination
Three stories, one strategy under strain: Hegseth extends the U.S. anti-cartel fight to land, Sheinbaum defends sending her security chief to a DEA event, and Michoacán erupts in retaliatory violence after an overnight CJNG operation
Organized crime groups set up at least 11 roadblocks & burned vehicles across Michoacán Wednesday, an apparent retaliation for an overnight federal operation against CJNG
Sheinbaum reveals her government initially planned to skip DEA-organized security conference in Argentina before unanimous cabinet vote sent security chief — framing it as “coordination without subordination”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told coalition partners in Panama the U.S. is extending lethal boat-strike campaign onto land, saying it will have “the same effect” as boat strikes that killed over 200 suspected traffickers
DHS confirmed all TPS terminations, including Honduras, are now formally in effect, warning recipients to “leave NOW” or face deportation. Roughly 50,000 Hondurans are affected
Three stories, three tests of power: Noboa balances Beijing & Washington, Cabello touts Venezuela dialogue while accusing critics of sabotage, and a Mexican governor fights to explain leaked FBI audio
Four leaked audio recordings have plunged Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila into crisis, suggesting she offered to cooperate with the FBI to avoid criminal charges and extradition after the U.S. revoked her visa in 2025
Diosdado Cabello calls the opening of Venezuela’s second dialogue “satisfactory,” touting new commissions on earthquake relief and frozen gold reserves — while accusing absent opposition sectors of trying to “implode” the process
Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa meets with Xi Jinping in Beijing, discusses exports, national debt, and the Chinese-built Coca Codo Sinclair plant — even as his government simultaneously deepens security ties with Washington
