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BERLIN - MARCH 23: A gasoline station attendant pumps diesel into a car at a filling station on March 23, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. German President Horst Koehler said on Sunday higher petrol prices is the surest means to convince traditionally car-loving Germans to seek more environmentally-friendly alternatives, and his comment has already sparked the ire of the automobile lobby. (Photo Illustration by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

2026 predicted to be cheapest year for gas since COVID

2026 is expected to be the cheapest year for gas in the United States since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrives at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Stocks, bonds and oil steady as investors downplay Venezuela upheaval

Stocks edged up, bonds steadied and oil prices held firm on Monday as investors reacted calmly to market ramifications of the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Maduro.

(Background) U.S. President Donald Trump talks on the phone as he waits onboard Marine One to depart the Leesburg Executive Airport (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) / (L) Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference at Grand Army Plaza in New York City, New York, United States on January 2, 2026. (Jason Alpert-Wisnia / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)

Mamdani says he called Trump to oppose ‘blatant pursuit of regime change’ in Venezuela

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revealed that he spoke with President Donald Trump after learning of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s capture to voice his opposition.

(Background) A helicopter carrying Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro arrives in Manhattan on January 03, 2026 in New York City. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images) / (L) Image of captured Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro via President Donald Trump on Truth Social

Maduro set to appear in New York federal court on Monday

Captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is set to appear in federal court in New York on Monday to face U.S. drug charges.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio points as journalists raise their hands to ask questions during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, DC on December 19, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Rubio: U.S. is at war with drug trafficking organizations, not Venezuela

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States is not at war with Venezuela, but is instead targeting drug trafficking organizations, following the capture of Nicolas Maduro.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the US Navy's new Golden Fleet initiative, unveiling a new class of warships, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2025. President Donald Trump on December 22 announced a new class of heavily armed warships that will be named after himself -- an honor usually reserved for US leaders who have left office.Two of the Trump-class ships will be built initially but that number could grow substantially in the future, according to the president, who said they will be "some of the most lethal surface warfare ships" and "the largest battleship in the history of our country."Trump made the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida alongside Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Navy Secretary John Phelan, with images of the planned high-tech vessels on stands nearby. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth: U.S. Intervention in Venezuela is the ‘exact opposite’ of Iraq and Afghanistan

War Secretary Pete Hegseth proclaimed that the Venezuelan invasion is the “exact opposite” of the war in Iraq as Democrats and skeptical Republicans raise concerns.