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Senate blocks proposal to limit attacks

The US Senate has blocked a bill to limit President Donald Trump's ability to carry out further attacks on Venezuela, US media reports.

Democrats voted in favor of the bill and five Republicans had intended to break party lines, NPR reports. But after intense pressure from Trump, two of the Republicans changed their minds and the bill was rejected because the score was 50–50. The deciding vote then fell to Vice President JD Vance.

According to the bill, Trump would have needed congressional approval for further operations in Venezuela. Even if it had passed, it was unlikely to have become law, since Trump himself would have had to sign it, writes TT.

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María Corina Machado meets Trump at the White House

Venezuelan opposition leader and Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado is currently in the White House for a meeting with Donald Trump, several media reports.

Many thought she would become Venezuela's new leader when Trump removed dictator Nicolás Maduro in a military coup earlier this month. Trump, however, seems to think that Maduro's vice president Delcy Rodríguez is a better suited leader.

According to information to the Washington Post, Trump is upset that Machado received the peace prize that he himself so desperately wants. She has since said that she wants to share the prize with the American president.

Machado does not want to answer whether she gave Trump the peace prize

Venezuelan opposition leader and peace prize winner María Corina Machado says that her meeting at the White House with Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon went "very well", Reuters reports.

Many thought she would become Venezuela's new leader when Trump removed dictator Nicolás Maduro in a military coup earlier this month. Trump, however, seems to think that Maduro's vice president Delcy Rodríguez is a better suited leader.

According to information to the Washington Post, Trump is upset that Machado received the peace prize that he himself so much wants. She has since said that she wants to share the prize with the American president.

Reuters writes that she did not want to answer whether she gave the prize to Trump.