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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to meet with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Arms control, Venezuela, Iran high on Pompeo’s Russia agenda

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who declared himself the interim-president of Venezuela, squares his suit jacket before the start of an interview, at the Popular Will party's headquarters, in Caracas, Venezuela, May 10, 2019. Guaidó wants to jumpstart his movement to oust Nicolas Maduro following last week's failed military uprising. In an interview with The Associated Press, he promised to persevere in the face of a deepening crackdown by Maduro's government.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Venezuela opens sea, land access with Aruba, Brazil

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

A government supporter holds up a framed image of President Nicolas Maduro during an anti-imperialist rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, March 30, 2019. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took his campaign for change to one of the country's most populous states on Saturday, while supporters of the man he is trying to oust, President Nicolas Maduro, held a rival demonstration in the capital after another nationwide blackout. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Guaidó promises to persevere despite crackdown

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a event on medical billing, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s foreign policy challenges mounting around the world

By CATHERINE LUCEY and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Illustration on blocking Twitter by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Who wants to live in a country that can block free speech?

By Scott Walker

A man carries a barrel inside a building occupied by squatting families in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Venezuela is in the midst of a growing political and economic crisis as, the U.S.-backed Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president in January, saying President Nicolas Maduro's re-election last year was rigged and one in a series of increasingly authoritarian steps since he replaced the late Hugo Chávez in 2013 as president. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

The Latest: Venezuelan judge blasts US after Pence comments

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Vice President Mike Pence arrives for the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. to lift sanctions on Venezuelan official who broke from Maduro

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

An opponent to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a candle during a vigil for those killed in street fighting over the past week in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 5, 2019. Opposition leader Juan Guaid called in vain for a military uprising to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, and five people were killed in clashes between protesters and police. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

European-led group seeks to help end Venezuelan crisis

Associated Press

Venezuelan Bolivarian National stand guard around the National Assembly building as the opposition-controlled congress met to discuss a move could provide political cover for greater international involvement in the nation's crisis, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Military police prevented journalists from entering the National Assembly, and some reporters were harassed by government supporters outside the building. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Nicolas Maduro Venezuela military strength discussed by U.S., Colombia

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A family gathers during lunch, in the room the live in, at a building occupied by squatting families in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 6, 2019. Venezuela is in the midst of a growing political and economic crisis as, the U.S.-backed Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president in January, saying President Nicolas Maduro's re-election last year was rigged and one in a series of increasingly authoritarian steps since he replaced the late Hugo Chávez in 2013 as president. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Venezuela’s top court targets opposition lawmakers

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan listens, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, during a House Appropriations subcommittee on budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

US to send hospital ship to help with Venezuelan refugees

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

Venezuelan Bolivarian National guards officers form a cordon around the National Assembly building as the opposition-controlled congress met to discuss a move that could provide political cover for greater international involvement in the nation's crisis, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Military police prevented journalists from entering the National Assembly, and some reporters were harassed by government supporters outside the building. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: EU-led group seeks to help end Venezuela crisis

Associated Press

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza gestures while speaking during a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov followed their talks in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2019. Lavrov meets with his Venezuelan counterpart on Sunday, a day before Lavrov is to meet the US secretary of state amid growing tensions over the Venezuela crisis. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Venezuelan FM: Russian military presence could be expanded

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, waves as he stands alongside Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, Monday, April 29, 2019, at the U.S. State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

China, climate, Russia to dominate Pompeo Europe tour

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 13, 2019 file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, speaks flanked by Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez, right, and Gen. Ivan Hernandez, second from right, head of both the presidential guard and military counterintelligence in Caracas, Venezuela. The Associated Press has learned that at least twice since 2016, the U.S. government missed chances to cultivate relations with regime insiders, including Padrino and Hernández, who National Security Adviser John Bolton said backed out of a plan to topple Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

AP Exclusive: US missed chance to woo Venezuela generals

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

A woman holding her pet crosses illegally into Colombia near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in La Parada near Cucuta, Colombia, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, on the border with Venezuela. The border area near Cucuta was peaceful Wednesday, even as Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaidó's call to fill streets around the nation but security forces showed no sign of backing his cry for a widespread military uprising, instead dispersing crowds with tear gas as the political crisis threatened to deepen. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Shootout rattles nerves near busy Venezuela border bridge

Associated Press

Pompeo-Lavrov meeting comes as Venezuela tension grows

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez walks to gate of the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas to speak with the press, in Venezuela, Thursday, May 2, 2019. López said he expects that the country's military will step up to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro despite setbacks. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Spain, Venezuela trade barbs over refuge for activist

Associated Press

Spanish foreign minister Josep Borrell, speaks during a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil, at the Lebanese foreign ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 3, 2019. Spain's acting foreign minister says a Venezuelan anti-government activist is a guest at the Spanish embassy in Caracas which can't be turned into a center of political activities. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

The Latest: Guaidó calls on Venezuelans to talk to troops

Associated Press

Rosa Maria Gomez, 65, poses for a photo, with a mural of revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevara, inside a makeshift shelter in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Venezuela thrust to forefront of US-Russia clashes

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press