The U.S. is carrying out an operation to seize the Marinera, a Venezuela-linked oil tanker formerly known as Bella-1, sources told CBS News on Wednesday. The U.S. has been following the tanker since last month, CBS News first reported on Monday. The pursuit began during a pressure campaign on former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was
Washington — The House Oversight Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday on a series of multimillion-dollar pandemic fraud schemes in Minnesota, with testimony from state lawmakers who House Republicans say “sounded the alarm.” Republican officials have argued for years that Minnesota was slow to act in what federal prosecutors described as the “largest pandemic fraud
Ahead of a Senate briefing on the operation to capture Maduro, Democratic lawmakers questioned the Trump administration’s Venezuela strategy on Tuesday and pressed for more details, while most Republicans lauded the operation. Some Senate Democrats have indicated they plan to press for a war powers vote as early as this week to block further military
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to press after a meeting with other Congressional leaders and cabinet members about Venezuela at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House will conduct a procedural vote on Jan. 7, paving the way for consideration of a bill to extend
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a press conference in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Jan. 6 that it is suing Arizona and Connecticut for allegedly failing to turn over their full voter registration rolls for federal inspection. The two new federal lawsuits,
File image of Michael Reagan, the son of former President Ronald Reagan, introducing Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich during a campaign stop, in Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 30, 2012. Matt Rourke/AP Photo Michael Reagan, the eldest son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and a conservative commentator, died on Jan. 4 at the
A new webpage under the official whitehouse.gov domain, rolled out five years after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, rewrites the history of the attack on the Capitol that took place as Congress was affirming Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. The website expresses views long promoted by President Trump that the Jan.