The U.S. seized a 20-year-old oil tanker called The Skipper off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News, after months of heightened tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The seizure was initially announced by President Trump during an unrelated White House event on
Detainees board a plane chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at King County International Airport in Seattle, Wash., on April 15, 2025. David Ryder/Getty Images The United States has agreed to purchase a fleet of Boeing 737 commercial passenger aircraft to conduct removal operations of illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed
Thirteen House Republicans joined Democrats in a 222-200 vote to advance legislation reversing Trump's executive order restricting federal worker unions.
The U.S. Capitol at sunset in Washington on Dec. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House passed a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Dec. 10. On Dec. 10, the House voted 312–112 to approve the NDAA bill, which authorizes $901 billion in military and national security programs. Eighteen Republicans
Office of the First Lady On December 10, 1898, the United States signed a historic peace treaty to end the momentous Spanish-American War. The treaty reaffirmed the “Monroe Doctrine” by ending the age-old European foothold in the Western Hemisphere and signaled to the entire world that America was emerging as a major superpower not to
Trump issued a sharp warning to Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro as tensions rise over drug trafficking and U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean.
The House passed the National Defense Authorization Act authorizing $901 billion in Pentagon spending, sending the legislation to the Senate for final approval.