By Anthony Faiola and Evan Halper, washingtonpost.com
Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump administration this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere, court records show, underscoring concerns by anti-corruption experts and lawmakers that the arrangement is vulnerable to abuse.
The administration granted confidential licenses to Vitol and Trafigura in early January to sell Venezuelan oil with little independent oversight. The licenses come a year after the Trump administration gutted the foreign corrupt practices unit of the Justice Department, which brought charges against the two companies and their traders in 2020 and 2024.
by Kyle Anzalone, antiwar.com
The restriction would be a violation of President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace agreement
The Israeli military wants to limit aid deliveries to Gaza to a third of what Israel is required to allow to enter the Strip.
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/01/29/idf-proposes-limiting-aid-deliveries-to-gaza-to-200-trucks-per-day/
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