WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable meeting on the administration's "ratepayer protection pledge" in the Indian Treaty Room at the White House on March 04, 2026 in Washington, DC. The pledge is a policy designed to shift rising energy costs from artificial intelligence data centers away from consumers. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday as he pushed for greater access to critical minerals. Burgum represents an administration which says it, in effect, runs Venezuela and controls its vast natural resources like oil after toppling Nicolas Maduro. ...