THE US will launch a “three-fold” plan to oversee the next steps for Venezuela’s sprawling oil reserves, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revealed. It comes after Donald Trump

Washington — The U.S. has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, officials said Wednesday, escalating tensions between the two countries. President Trump said he assumes the U.S. will keep the oil. Bloomberg first reported the oil tanker ...

This image from video posted on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s X account, and partially redacted by the source, shows an oil tanker being seized by U.S. forces off the coast of Venezuela, Dec. 10, 2025. This image from video posted on Attorney General Pam ...

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries. By Rebecca F. Elliott and Peter Eavis The United States’ seizure of a ...

U.S. tanker seizure risks backfiring, with bipartisan warnings it could trigger conflict with Venezuela while offering no strategic gain. Action tightens global heavy-crude supplies, hurting Gulf Coast refiners reliant on Venezuelan barrels. Move ...

U.S. personnel seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday as President Trump ratchets up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The seizure of the vessel, which took place in international waters, was led by the Coast ...

The United States is pursuing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to multiple reports, just a day after the Coast Guard seized a different tanker in the same waters amid a rapid U.S. military buildup in the region. If seized, it would mark ...

The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said, escalating US pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s regime. “As you probably know we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela ...