Caitlin Doornbos

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WASHINGTON — President Trump spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, acknowledging afterward that it was “not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace” between Russia and Ukraine. “We discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides,” Trump announced after the 75-minute talk with the Kremlin tyrant.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Caitlin Doornbos

TAIPEI — Taiwanese officials are worried their country will have difficulty attracting international support should China launch an invasion — as the self-governing island’s independence is recognized by just 12 countries worldwide. “Ukraine is a [United Nations] member state, and Taiwan is not,” Liang Wen-Chieh, deputy minister of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, told The Post last week.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Caitlin Doornbos

WASHINGTON — The Secret Service rejected a request to bring an American detainee freed from Venezuelan custody to the White House last week — because they would have had to arrest him on the spot due to outstanding warrants, The Post has learned. Joseph St. Clair, 32, an Afghanistan war veteran who had been held in the South American country since this past November, has a record in his home state of Texas, the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Caitlin Doornbos

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will let energy giant Chevron keep its key infrastructure in Venezuela — but is standing firm on barring the Houston-based company from importing oil extracted from Nicolás Maduro’s left-wing dictatorship, The Post has learned. Chevron previously had until Tuesday to remove all its assets from the South American country after President Trump announced in February he was letting a Biden-era importation license expire.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Caitlin Doornbos

President Trump’s special envoy Ric Grenell “blindsided” administration officials earlier this week by taking a private jet to Antigua without prior authorization to pick up an American held for the past six months by Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, The Post can exclusively reveal. Grenell announced Tuesday that he had flown to Antigua to bring Air Force veteran Joe St. Clair back to the United States, posting a picture of the two winging it back to Washington, DC.