U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering a plan to extend Chevron's license to pump oil in Venezuela by at least 60 days, according to two people familiar with the matter.

(Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering a plan to extend Chevron's license to pump oil in Venezuela and impose financial penalties on other countries that do business with the South American nation, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the discussions.

Chief Executive Mike Wirth lobbied top administration officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that none of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison is a member of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua criminal gang,

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that no one among the hundreds of deportees to a Salvadoran prison, whom Washington accused of being members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang, were related to the criminal organization.

Nearly a week after the Trump administration flew more than 200 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, the mass deportation is continuing to draw intense scrutiny, with a federal judge admonishing Administration officials for "evading its obligations,