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NYTIMES (Tyler Pager) - U.S. Officials Said to Be Frustrated With Machado’s Call for Help

María Corina Machado, the exiled leader of the Venezuelan opposition, hopes to go home. U.S. officials say her wishes to do so come at an inopportune time.

NPR (Nathan Rott) - Trump nominates former Oklahoma state trooper to head ICE

President Trump nominated Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to direct Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency hasn't had a Senate-confirmed director since the Obama administration.

AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - U.S. launches fresh strikes in retaliation for Iranian attack on tanker

The U.S. military is conducting strikes on Iranian targets in the area of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for an attack Saturday morning on a commercial tanker, the U.S. military central command said. Why it matters: This is the second wave of U.S. strikes in Iran over the last 24 hours, amid increasing tensions in the strait —which could put the shaky U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding at risk. Driving the news: On Saturday morning the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps launched an attack drone at the M/T Kiku tanker, which was passing in the Strait of Hormuz with more than two million barrels of crude oil, CENTCOM said. - The incident happened several hours after the U.S. conducted strikes on Iranian targets in retaliation for…