Nik Popli

The United States seized another oil tanker overnight in the Caribbean Sea, the fifth vessel taken in recent weeks as the Trump Administration intensifies a sweeping effort to choke off Venezuela’s oil exports and assert control over a maritime trade it s... See more

Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday sharply defended the federal immigration agent who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis and insisted that there was no reason to question the agent's actions—even as video footage and accounts from state and local o... See more

The Republican-led Senate on Thursday approved a resolution seeking to curb President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military action against Venezuela without congressional approval, delivering a largely symbolic rebuke from lawmakers of both... See more

Rubio Details Ambitious Venezuela Plan, Claims No Cost to U.S. Nik Popli Wed 7 January 2026 at 7:01 pm UTC 5 min read Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for an all-Senate briefing on Venezuela at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan. 7, 2026. Cr... See more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of canceling future U.S. elections, elevating a longstanding concern among critics of how he might try to limit threats to his power in his second term. Trump brought up the idea while speaking to House R... See more