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has turned to economic pressure on Iran.

It placed new sanctions on officials it said were responsible for the crackdown on nationwide protests.

Human rights groups estimate that the death toll has risen past 2,600 people.

The director of the CIA traveled to Caracas yesterday to meet with acting President Delcy Rodriguez.

It's the first known visit by a senior U.S.

official to Venezuela since the ouster of Nicolas Maduro earlier this month.

According to a U.S.

official, CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Rodriguez that the Trump administration wants to strengthen its working relationship with the government and discussed potential opportunities for economic collaboration.

Rodriguez has cooperated with the Trump administration's demands, but she's kept up the nationalist rhetoric at home.

In a speech yesterday, she said Venezuela would continue to do business with U.S.

adversaries.

And leaders of the Oglala Sioux tribe say that federal agents have arrested several Native American men, all of whom are U.S.

citizens, amid the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis.

A Homeland Security spokesperson said the agency has not been able to verify the claim.

Coming up, a piece of chicken, some broccoli, a tortilla, and one other thing for $3?

Our reporter did it.

That's after the break.

Treasury yields climbed after Trump's comments about Hassett, but stocks were a little changed, and major U.S.

indexes ended the day slightly lower.

The Dow had the biggest drop, falling 0.2%.