“U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Venezuela’s Oil Industry.” Last night’s Wall Street Journal article led with: The U.S. imposed sanctions (Treasury’s press release) on Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant in a dramatic move designed to empower the opposition and cripple the government of President Nicolás Maduro by preventing the proceeds of U.S. crude sales returning to Caracas. […]
President Trump’s schedule (EST): No public events are scheduled. President Trump will delay his State of the Union speech until after the shutdown per this Tweet and that Tweet late last night. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin will speak at 2 PM to the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in D.C. Watch it live on C-SPAN3. Two […]
“U.S. turns down China offer of preparatory trade talks.” Yesterday, the Financial Times reported: The Trump administration rejected an offer by two Chinese vice-ministers to travel to the U.S. this week for preparatory trade talks because of a lack of progress on two key issues, highlighting the difficulty that Washington and Beijing will face in […]
President Trump’s schedule (EST): 12:00 PM: Daily intelligence briefing; and 12:30 PM: Lunch with Vice President Pence. The Senate will return a 1 PM EST today to “resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1, Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019.” Later this week, Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) plans to […]
