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He added that while the US is going to help stabilize Venezuela so its people can vote in new leadership, it's going to take some time.

The current plan is for US oil companies to rebuild the oil infrastructure, which he said could take less than 18 months.

Beijing says it has banned exports to Japan of goods with potential military uses, ramping up tensions with China's neighbor.

The new export controls come after Japan's conservative prime minister, Sanae Takeuchi, made comments about Taiwan that angered Beijing.

She said in November that Japan could be dragged into a conflict to defend its allies if China decides to take military action against Taiwan.

Meanwhile, Chinese nationalists online are trying to use the U.S.

extradition of Nicolas Maduro to their advantage, asking why China couldn't conduct a similar operation in Taiwan.

At least 35 people have died in protests against the tyrannical regime in Iran and hundreds more are in government custody.

Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.

The Trump administration said Monday that it will expand a freeze on social service funds to four more blue states, California, Colorado, Illinois, and New York.

The Department of Health and Human Services began the freeze last week with funds for Minnesota, where multiple investigations over the past year have turned up massive allegations of fraud.

Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz on Monday dropped his bid for re-election, citing the allegations of fraud in his state as part of his reason.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is surging roughly 2,000 federal immigration agents to Minnesota as part of a massive month-long crackdown.

Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Ter has the story.

As the AI race intensifies, NVIDIA announced Monday that it's about to release newer, faster processor chips far ahead of schedule.

Daily Wire reporter Breka Stoll has more on the release.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted Monday to dissolve itself.

Daily Wire assistant editor Nathan Gay has more.

The move comes after congressional Republicans rescinded $1.1 billion in funding, cutting off the primary government revenue stream that has long sustained NPR and PBS.

The CPB began winding down operations in August and notified 100 employees that most staff positions would be eliminated by the end of the fiscal year.