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October 17, 2026

White House

The presidency: executive orders, policy priorities, the West Wing staff, and how the administration’s decisions are made and carried out.

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Agencies & Regulation

Nine months in, the Treasury account holding Venezuela’s oil money has no public accounting

An executive order put Venezuelan oil royalties in Treasury custody, with the secretary of state directing payouts. Congressional Democrats say they still cannot learn how much is there or where it has gone.

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Foreign Affairs

Trump shelves cartel terror designation as former Mexican security chief faces U.S. bribery charges

President Donald Trump picked a horrible time to postpone designating Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO), a misguided decision made at the request of the divisive leader of a country with record-high crime and a failing economy. Days after declaring the cartels would finally be classified as FTOs by the […]
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