The United States on Tuesday morning seized another oil tanker linked to Venezuela, U.S. Southern Command said, its seventh such seizure. U.S. forces “apprehended Motor Vessel Sagitta without incident,” U.S. Southern Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in Latin America, said in a social media post. It said the tanker was “operating in defiance of President Trump’s
The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, in this file photo. Tajh Payne/US Navy via Getty Images U.S. military forces in the Caribbean seized control of another oil tanker linked to Venezuela as the Trump administration continues efforts to coordinate traffic through the region, the U.S. Southern Command reported on Tuesday. The Motor
When Abdolreza “Reza” Valizadeh returned to Iran in the spring of 2024, it was the first time he had set foot in his home country in 15 years. The veteran journalist, who had spent more than a decade in exile, traveled to Iran to see and care for his aging parents. Six months later, he
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized European leaders at Davos for being "complicit" with Trump's Greenland threats and tariffs.
The U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that he does not need Congress to issue $2,000 tariff rebate checks. “I don’t think we would have to go to the Congress, but we’ll find out,” Trump told reporters one day
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing marking the first year of his second term, at the White House on Jan. 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump shared his top three accomplishments of his first year back in office in response to a question from The Epoch Times. “I think the
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Wednesday to consider President Trump’s bid to remove Lisa Cook from her post on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, a case that could have significant ramifications for the independence of the central bank. The case arose after Mr. Trump attempted to oust Cook from the