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I'm Nathan Hager.
And I'm Lisa Mateo.
Lisa, we begin at the White House where President Trump says he has accepted an honor he's long said he deserves.
The president says Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Karina Machado presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during a meeting at the White House.
In a social media post, the president called it a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.
Machado compared it to a similar move 200 years ago when the Marquis de Lafayette presented a medal of George Washington to Venezuela's Simón Bolívar for liberating much of South America from Spain.
Maria Corina Machado may be hoping to get in President Trump's good graces following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
Meantime, The New York Times is reporting that CIA Director John Ratcliffe met yesterday with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, reinforcing the Trump administration's message that it sees the interim government as the best path to stability in Venezuela.
Meantime, Lisa, Bloomberg Economics has found President Trump is following through on more of his threats during his second term.
In the first term, the president carried out about 40% of the threats he made, but that rate has risen so far in his second administration.
It's leading some to say that the taco trade, investor shorthand for Trump always chickens out, may be fading out.
We get more from Bloomberg chief emerging markets economist Zia Daoud.
Ziad Daoud with Bloomberg Economics.
And UN Ambassador Mike Waltz renewed threats against Iran at the UN Security Council yesterday, saying, quote, all options are on the table to stop the slaughter of protesters.
Back here at home, Lisa, President Trump's issuing a threat to Minnesota after weeks of protest over immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.
The president posted on social media he'll invoke the Insurrection Act, sending the military into the state unless state and local officials stop attacks on ICE agents.
After last week's shooting death of Rene Good and another ICE-involved shooting this week, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is making a direct appeal to the president, asking him to, quote, stop this campaign of retribution.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says President Trump is open to speaking with the governor.
That was Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt at the White House.