Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
President Trump is facing growing pressure to bring down gas prices with the midterm elections just two months away.
NPR's Franco Ordonez reports the White House is looking to U.S.
Producers and Venezuela for relief, but neither is expected to lower prices quickly.
Venezuela's oil reserves are so messed up that it'll likely take years before
oil production meaningfully ramps up to make a difference.
A U.S. Official, not authorized to discuss this deal publicly, admitted to reporters
that the oil industry has been devastated by corruption and lack of investment and that it also needs to be rebuilt.
I asked when we could reasonably see that, and he did not answer, stating that there was no timetable.
But again, experts say that this could take years.
That's NPR's Franco Ordonez reporting.
President Trump met with oil and gas executives yesterday to discuss boosting production.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant says the artificial intelligence boom will give a boost to the U.S.
Economy.
But as NPR Scott Horsley reports, Besant says industry leaders have done a horrendous job of making that case.
Besson spoke at a gathering of global finance ministers who got an update from industrial companies, drug makers,
and farm equipment manufacturers about how they're actually using artificial intelligence in the workplace.
The Treasury Secretary says the technology can be transformative,
but he cautioned backers have a challenge in persuading a skeptical American public.
They are going to have to convince the American people that...