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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, |
| 0:07.4 | working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. |
| 0:15.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump met with more than a dozen oil executives at the |
| 0:21.8 | White House this afternoon to talk about the future of oil production in Venezuela. If the company |
| 0:27.1 | struck a deal, he said they'd be in Venezuela for a long time. NPR's Kamila Dominovsky reports. |
| 0:33.2 | President Trump made it clear what he wanted. Our giant oil companies will be spending at least $100 billion of their money, not the government's money. |
| 0:42.3 | They don't need government money, but they need government protection. |
| 0:46.3 | And if any companies didn't want to invest, he said other companies would be willing to take their place. |
| 0:51.3 | But the gathered executives didn't promise any dollar figures. |
| 0:56.2 | Darren Woods, the CEO of ExxonMobil, said that after having had assets seized twice in Venezuela, |
| 1:01.4 | it would take some significant changes before they went back in. |
| 1:04.9 | As it is today, he called Venezuela uninvestable. |
| 1:08.9 | Camila Dominooski, NPR News. |
| 1:13.9 | Minnesota officials are asking the public to share any video or other evidence about the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an immigration agent. They say they're |
| 1:19.5 | concerned by the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation into the killing in federal |
| 1:24.1 | hands. During a press conference, Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Fry, says federal officials |
| 1:29.3 | have already made their own conclusions about the case. This is not a time to hide from the facts. |
| 1:34.6 | This is a time to embrace them, making sure that we're pushing for transparency every step of the way. |
| 1:41.1 | The fact that Pam Bondi's Department of Justice and this presidential administration |
| 1:47.3 | has already come to a conclusion about those facts is deeply concerning. The Trump administration |
| 1:53.7 | insists that the officer who shot the 37-year-old mother of three has complete legal immunity. |
| 1:59.6 | Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says |
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