A high-stakes naval drama is unfolding in the North Atlantic. A Russian navy escort is now shadowing the Marinera, a reflagged oil tanker previously known as the Bella 1, as US forces close in. The tanker,

A U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Special Response Team (MSRT) assisted by the U.S. Navy, seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela Saturday, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem took to X ...

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said a vessel had been “apprehended.” It was the second action this month against a tanker carrying Venezuelan oil. By Nicholas Nehamas Anatoly Kurmanaev and Christiaan Triebert The U.S. Coast Guard stopped ...

U.S. ​Vice President ‌JD Vance, in remarks ​due to air later on ‍Wednesday, said Venezuela ​can only sell ​its ⁠oil if it serves the interests of the United States. Vance told Fox News' "Jesse Waters Primetime" ‌show that the United States - ​which carried ‌out strikes ‍against the ⁠South American country and captured its president over the week - controls Venezuela's purse strings.

Millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil that couldn't previously be sold because of US sanctions will begin arriving 'very soon,' the White House said.