Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado ‘presented’ her Nobel prize to Trump in White House meeting – key US politics stories from Thursday 15 January at a glance In an apparent attempt to win back Donald Trump’s favour, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told reporters she had “presented” her gold Nobel peace prize medal to the US president during a private meeting at the White House on Thursday. Machado, who received the award last year for her struggle against Nicolás Maduro’s “brutal, authoritarian state” , told reporters she had done so “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom”. It was not immediately clear whether Trump had accepted the gift. Continue reading...