President Donald Trump confirms he’s spoken by phone to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asks for a pardon in his multi-year corruption trial. And keeping AI data centers cool is a challenge as the political rhetoric around them heats up.  

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