Venezuelan oil revenue flows into U.S. Treasury account.
Today's events
Venezuela's oil money.
Rubio said Venezuelan crude now sells at market rate, with proceeds deposited into a Treasury-controlled account and disbursed under license; the U.S. also cleared María Corina Machado's return with interim authorities.1Oct 26 · StateSudan famine warning.
Thirty-one governments and the European Commission warned that 19.5 million Sudanese — 41% of the population — face acute food insecurity, with severe child malnutrition projected above 825,000.2Oct 26 · StateAirbus loan dispute.
Greer said the European Investment Bank's largest-ever loan to Airbus, awarded soon after the EU extended a duty pause, risks violating the terms of the transatlantic aircraft-subsidy deal.3Oct 26 · USTRCongo travel attestation.
A CDC order bars airlines from boarding U.S.-bound passengers without a signed attestation of no presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for 21 days. It runs 45 days from November 3.4Oct 27 · HHSPacific policing conference.
The United States and Palau hosted sixteen partner governments at the first conference of Pacific police ministers in Los Angeles, which found cartel narcotics crossing the Pacific have surpassed Asian-origin flows since 2024.5Oct 26 · StateExploited PHP flaws.
CISA added two actively exploited PHP vulnerabilities — memory corruption and stale internal request state — to its catalog and updated its alert urging immediate patching across federal systems.6Oct 26 · CISACoal to Malaysia.
The Energy Department recognized a three-year supply deal worth over $100 million sending coal from a Navajo-owned Montana mine to the fuel arm of Malaysia's largest electric utility.7Oct 23 · DOEU.S. crime survey.
Bureau of Justice Statistics preliminary estimates put serious violent victimization down 25% in 2025, aggravated assault down 31%, and property victimization down 19%; homicide fell 17%.8Oct 26 · DOJResources-management exports.
Commerce opened applications for a new listing of U.S. water-treatment, recycling, air-monitoring and forecasting firms — about $37 billion in annual exports — to launch in February 2027.9Oct 27 · Commerce
Allied Governments
Qatar on Iran.
Japan's foreign minister told Qatar's minister of state he had strong concern over the prolonged U.S.–Iran impasse and Yemen's deterioration, and praised Qatar's mediation toward resuming talks.aOct 26 · Japan MoFAKuwait's missing.
Britain's deputy UN envoy told the Security Council that 315 Kuwaiti and third-country nationals remain missing, with no new identifications since the Secretary-General's last report.bOct 26 · UK FCDODetained in Moscow.
Japanese embassy officials in Russia held a consular meeting with a Japanese national detained in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and moved to Moscow on October 13; Tokyo demanded immediate release.cOct 26 · Japan MoFA
Voices
“The Chinese never paid for Venezuelan oil. They would basically take $100 worth of oil and … credit it against the debt that Venezuela owed them.”
Sec. of State Marco Rubio · Oct 261
“There is no time to lose to save lives and prevent famine.”
Joint Statement on Famine in Sudan, 31 governments and the European Commission · Oct 262
“I had sincerely hoped that trade-distorting European subsidies to Airbus were a thing of the past.”
U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer · Oct 263
“These communities bear the cost in addiction, in violence, and in the corrosion of institutions.”
Joint Communiqué, U.S.–Pacific Islands Conference of Police Ministers · Oct 265
“CDC may request the U.S. Department of Justice seek to prosecute individuals who knowingly and willfully submit false attestations.”
CDC Order on air travel and the Democratic Republic of the Congo · Oct 274
“This report is proof that President Trump's ‘Make America Safe Again’ agenda is working.”
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward · Oct 268
Sources
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Venezuela,” October 26, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/rubio-on-venezuela
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Joint Statement on Famine in Sudan,” October 26, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/joint-statement-famine-sudan
- USTR, “Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on the Status of the U.S.-EU Détente Following Record-Breaking Loan from the European Investment Bank to Airbus,” October 26, 2026. ustr.gov/press-releases/…/us-eu-detente-airbus-loan
- Federal Register (HHS/CDC), “Requirement for Attestation for All Airline or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving in the United States … Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Past 21 Days,” October 27, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/drc-passenger-attestation
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Joint Communiqué from U.S.–Pacific Islands Conference of Police Ministers,” October 26, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/pacific-islands-police-ministers
- CISA, “CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog” (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619), October 26, 2026. cisa.gov/news-events/…/kev-php-vulnerabilities
- U.S. Dept. of Energy, “The Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office Recognizes Over $100 Million U.S. Coal Export Agreement with Malaysia,” October 26, 2026. energy.gov/hgeo/articles/…/malaysia-coal-export
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, “National Crime Victimization Survey Shows Violent Crime Plummeted in 2025,” October 26, 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/ncvs-2025-violent-crime
- Federal Register (Commerce/ITA), “Notice of Publication of U.S. Resources Management Industry Listing and Opportunity To Apply for the Listing,” October 27, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/resources-management-industry-listing
- Japan MoFA, “Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister MOTEGI by H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi, Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar,” October 26, 2026. mofa.go.jp/press/release/…/motegi-qatar-courtesy-call
- UK Foreign Office (FCDO), “The United Kingdom remains committed to working with Iraq, Kuwait, and the Tripartite Commission to provide answers for families of missing loved ones: UK statement at the UN Security Council,” October 26, 2026. gov.uk/government/speeches/…/iraq-kuwait-missing-persons
- Japan MoFA, “Detention of a Japanese National in Russia (Conduct of a Consular Meeting),” October 26, 2026. mofa.go.jp/press/release/…/japanese-national-detained-russia