Sunday's News Links

[Reuters] Maduro is out but his top allies still hold power in Venezuela 

[Reuters] No quick wins in tapping Venezuela's oil reserves

[AP] Trump’s plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela’s oil industry faces major hurdles

[Yahoo Finance] December jobs numbers get data back on track during first full week of trading in 2026: What to watch

[AP] Last year’s odd economy in five charts, and what to watch for in 2026

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Social Media Hails US Maduro Move as a Taiwan Template

[Bloomberg] Trump Snatches Maduro But Leaves His Regime in Charge for Now

[Bloomberg] Venezuela VP Rodriguez Granted Temporary Presidential Powers

[Bloomberg] AI Bubble Fears and Policy Splits Loom Over Asia Stocks in 2026

[NYT] The Venezuelan Oil Industry Trump Is Planning to Revive

[WSJ] Trump Rolls the Dice on Nation-Building With Vow to ‘Run’ Venezuela

[WSJ] After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela

[WSJ] Venezuela’s New Leader Is a Hardline Socialist Like Maduro

[FT] How will Trump ‘run’ Venezuela?

[FT] ‘We will not be anyone’s colony’: Venezuela’s government seeks to reassert control

[FT] Trump bets US will extract ‘tremendous’ oil wealth from Venezuela

[FT] EU readies tougher tech enforcement in 2026 as Trump warns of retaliation

Saturday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump says US to ‘run Venezuela’ in interim after Maduro

[Axios] Venezuela's VP throws cold water on Trump's solution for running the country

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Slams US ‘Hegemonic Acts’ After Strikes on Venezuela

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Venezuela’s Allies From Brazil to China Denounce US Attack

[Axios] After capturing Maduro, Trump hints at military action in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Market May Absorb Maduro Shock as Global Supplies Swell

[Reuters] Trump says US oil companies will spend the billions needed to restore Venezuela's crude output 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] AI Debt Spree Is Fueling a Credit Trading Frenzy: Credit Weekly

[Yahoo/Reuters] Fed's Paulson signals another rate cut could take a while

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Modest US Hiring to Cap a Sluggish Year for the Job Market

[NYT] Can the U.S. Legally ‘Run’ Venezuela After Maduro’s Capture? Here’s What to Know.

[WSJ] Trump Rolls the Dice on Nation-Building With Vow to ‘Run’ Venezuela

[WSJ] Trump Wants to Unlock Venezuela’s Oil Reserves. A Huge Challenge Awaits.

[FT] Trump now owns Venezuela

[FT] How the US’s audacious operation to capture Nicolás Maduro unfolded

Saturday's News Links

[AP] US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the country

[BBC Live Updates] US launches strikes on Venezuela, captures President Maduro and charges him with drug offences

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Maduro captured, indicted after US airstrikes on Venezuela

[Axios] Trump says Maduro "captured" by U.S. in stunning move

[Axios] World leaders denounce U.S. operation to capture Maduro

[AP] Iran’s leader says rioters ‘must be put in their place’ as protest death toll reaches at least 10

[Telegraph] How China plans to land the world’s largest army on Taiwan

[Bloomberg] Global Leftist Leaders Denounce US Attack on Venezuela

[Bloomberg] Why Obamacare Premiums Are Set to Rise Sharply

[Bloomberg] Solar Panels and Heat Pumps to Be More Expensive in 2026

[Bloomberg] Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Vows Crackdown as Unrest Drags On

[Bloomberg] Saudi Arabia Calls For Yemen Talks As Tensions Rise With UAE

[NYT] 8 Big Questions for 2026

[NYT] Why Haven’t Trump’s Tariffs Had a Bigger Impact?

[WSJ] Venezuela’s Maduro Seemed Untouchable. Now He Will Stand Trial in New York

[WSJ] Iran’s Refusal to Dial Back Nuclear Program Lit Fuse on Currency Crisis

[FT] Donald Trump’s strikes shock Venezuela’s capital

[FT] From rising revolutionary to Trump’s captive: Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

[FT] How the bubble bursts

[FT] The red flags investors should look for in private lending