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President Trump and U.S. oil executives are meeting at the White House today to discuss next steps involving Venezuela's oil infrastructure. The meeting comes after the U.S. military captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Trump said this week that it could take less than a year and a half to restore Venezuelan oil production with the U.S. possibly reimbursing oil companies for their work.        Anti-ICE protests are ramping up after two separate shootings involving federal agents this week. Protests have not stopped in Minneapolis since Wednesday's deadly shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE agent. On the West Coast, Homeland Security says agents were attempting a traffic stop on an alleged Venezuelan gang member yesterday in Portland when the driver tried to run over an agent and shots were fired. The incident sent two people to the hospital.        The Trump administration is being sued by five Democratic-led states over frozen child care funding. The freeze is in place while fraud investigations continue, and would cut the states off to over ten-billion-dollars in federal money that's meant to support low-income families. It all comes after a probe into child care fraud in Minnesota that drew national attention after a video from conservative independent journalist Nick Shirley claimed to show abandoned day cares that have received taxpayer money.        Another oil tanker in the waters near Venezuela has been seized by the U.S. It happened as the U.S. monitors other ships that are trying to evade the blockade of sanctioned tankers traveling to and from the South American country. It's all a part of the Trump administration's plan to stop operations of Venezuela's so-called "dark fleet" of ships that attempt to conceal transporting oil that's sanctioned.        "War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading." That's according to Pope Leo, who decried the use of military force in his annual foreign policy speech Friday. He told the diplomatic corps gathered at the Vatican, "A diplomacy that promotes dialogue and seeks consensus among all parties is being replaced by a diplomacy based on force."        Patrick Kane has scored 500 goals in the NHL. The Detroit Red Wings star scored number 499 and 500 last night in the Wings win over the Vancouver Canucks in Detroit. He's now six points away from passing Mike Modano for the most points for an American ever.       

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