Republican lawmakers are divided over whether President Trump should escalate military pressure on Venezuela to oust President Nicolás Maduro, with some Republicans warning that “regime

The pursuit of the tanker, off the coast of Venezuela, is the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than a week.

Maduro’s government has called the U.S. behavior “theft” and “an act of international piracy,” and filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council. Maduro also ordered the Venezuelan navy to escort tankers headed to Asia.

President Trump unveiled a new shipbuilding initiative alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Navy Secretary John Phelan this afternoon, as tensions spike in

President Donald Trump said Monday that he has spoken to U.S. oil companies about what happens next after regime change in Venezuela.