Ed Kalecki

But she's also seeking more diplomatic engagement with Donald Trump.

In a statement issued Friday, the government now led by acting President Delcy Rodriguez argued that Venezuela is a victim of an illegitimate and illegal criminal aggression that murdered more than 100 civilians and soldiers.

Then a paragraph later, the government pivots to say it's looking into diplomacy to address the consequences of Maduro's capture in a work agenda of mutual interest.

A winning week for the U.S.

stock market with new highs for the S&P 500 Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Russell 2000 Index.

We get more on this from Bloomberg's Charlie Pellett.

FHFA Director Bill Palti spoke with reporters about Trump's mortgage bond plan and Freddie Mac Fannie Mae.

Bill Pulte.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has settled the decision to exclude Minnesota state authorities in the investigation of the killing of a woman by an agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which he said has no business surging into his city in the first place.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence of the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis directly to her office.

Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases.

The Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation into Wednesday's killing of good by a U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in federal hands concerns her.

President Trump posted a chart on social media Thursday evening that included figures on the yet-to-be-released December employment report.

The chart, which showed the private sector added 654,000 jobs since January, matched figures that were not publicly published until 8.30 a.m.

in Washington on Friday.

It was posted on Truth Social about 12 hours before the data was set to be released.

The U.S.

jobs data, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are among the most closely guarded economic statistics and can move markets by trillions of dollars.

The Friday number is on Wall Street.