By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate began voting on Thursday on a resolution that would block President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization,

President Donald Trump said in an interview with the New York Post that Venezuelan oil is being processed in American refineries.

The ‌United ​States has ‍taken ​the ​oil that ⁠was on seized Venezuelan ‌tankers and ​will process ‌it ‍in U.S. ⁠refineries, President Donald ​Trump said in a New York Post interview that was published on ​Saturday.

Venezuela’s legislature advanced a bill on Thursday to loosen state control over the country's vast oil sector in the first major overhaul since the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez nationalized parts of the industry in 2007.