CRUDE AWAKENING: Trump Lands ‘Biggest Oil Deal in World History,’ Muscles China and Russia Out of Venezuela

President Donald Trump has secured an unprecedented American foothold in Venezuela’s vast oil fields, giving the United States economic ownership, governance rights and preferential access to tens of billions of barrels of crude while pushing Chinese and Russian interests out of America’s backyard. The White House calls it the “biggest

SILVER LINING: Nate Silver Moves Nevada Governor’s Race to ‘Likely R’ as Lombardo Builds Lead Over Ford

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is entering the final two months of Nevada’s gubernatorial race with something increasingly difficult for Democrat Attorney General Aaron Ford to spin away: momentum. Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin moved Nevada’s governor race from “Leans Republican” to “Likely Republican” this week, upgrading Lombardo’s reelection prospects as polling,

RED FLAGS: Titus, Lee, Horsford Vote Against Condemning Socialism as DSA Pushes to Abolish Police, Senate

Nevada Democrat Reps. Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford voted Tuesday against a House resolution condemning socialism and explicitly denouncing the Democratic Socialists of America, joining the overwhelming majority of House Democrats in refusing what Republicans framed as one of the easiest votes Congress could possibly take. H. Res.

SERVER AND SERVE: Benitez-Thompson Took Data-Center Cash, Backed Tax Breaks, Now Calls Them ‘Sweetheart Deals’

Nevada Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson is campaigning as a born-again skeptic of the data-center industry after spending years taking money from interests tied to the industry and voting to help build the lucrative tax-abatement regime she now condemns. Campaign-finance records reviewed by The Nevada Globe identify at least $45,300

SPACE CADETS, REPORT FOR DUTY: Trump Moves to Build U.S. Space Academy as America Prepares for New Frontier

President Donald Trump is moving to create a new federal academy dedicated to producing the astronauts, engineers, warfighters and technical leaders America will need to dominate the next great strategic battlefield: space. Trump signed an executive order Friday establishing the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy, a NASA-led