Reuters Trump and Maduro, Netanyahu’s pardon request and data center backlash

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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