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On 9 Jan 2026 the Justice Department served Jerome Powell with grand-jury subpoenas, threatening indictment over his June 2025 Senate remarks on a $2.5 billion Fed headquarters renovation, a first-ever criminal probe of a sitting Fed chair that escalates White House pressure for faster rate cuts.
On 7 Jan 2026, three days after U.S. forces removed Nicolás Maduro, President Trump ordered Venezuela’s interim government to ship 30–50 million barrels of crude to U.S. ports under White House control.
On 12 Jan 2026, bullion crossed the $4,600-per-ounce threshold for the first time and silver set a fresh record as investors reacted to a U.S. Justice Department move to criminally probe Fed Chair Jerome Powell and deadly protests in Iran.
On 9 January 2026 EU ambassadors approved the long-stalled EU-Mercosur free-trade agreement by qualified majority, overruling a French-led bloc of opponents.
On 7 Jan 2026, four days after U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro, President Trump announced interim Venezuelan authorities will ship 30–50 million barrels of crude to the United States under his direct control for sale.
On 10 Jan 2026 President Trump signed an executive order ring-fencing Venezuelan oil proceeds in U.S. custody one day after oil-company chiefs demanded legal and financial guarantees to justify fresh investment in the post-Maduro sector.
Between 6–7 January 2026, Ursula von der Leyen pledged to unlock €45 billion of the 2028-34 farm budget to placate EU agriculture ministers and secure Italy’s decisive vote at the 9 January qualified-majority ballot on the 25-year-old EU-Mercosur trade pact.
Days after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro, President Trump announced that Venezuela’s interim government will hand over up to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S. under his direct control.
On 9 Jan 2026 the two FTSE-100 miners confirmed preliminary, all-share talks that could see Rio Tinto buy some or all of Glencore, giving Rio a 5 Feb deadline and immediately sending Glencore stock up nearly 9% while Rio fell about 3%.
Within 48 hours of Nicolás Maduro’s 4 Jan 2026 capture, Energy Secretary Chris Wright scheduled 5-7 Jan meetings with Chevron, ConocoPhillips and others in Miami to hash out a U.S.–subsidised plan to pour roughly $100 billion into restarting Venezuela’s shattered oil sector.
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