The United States military announced that it has seized a seventh Venezuela-linked oil tanker, as the US tightens its control over the production and sale of the country's considerable oil resources. US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees military operations in Latin America, said on Tuesday that it captured the Motor Vessel Sagitta as part of its blockade on oil vessels leaving and entering the country.

Los Angeles schools discriminate against white students under the city's longstanding desegregation policy, a new lawsuit from a conservative group claims. The suit says that white students suffer "inferior treatment and calculated disadvantages" in LA public schools, which enroll a majority Black, Hispanic and Asian students.

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance are expecting their fourth child this summer. The big picture: It's the first time in modern U.S. history that a vice president has welcomed a child while in office. The last vice president to have a child while in office was Schuyler Colfax, who served under President Ulysses S. Grant. Colfax and his wife, Ellen, had a son, Schuyler Colfax III, in April 1870.

Lindsey Halligan, a prosecutor closely aligned with President Donald Trump, is leaving the U.S. Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Tuesday, ending a controversial stint as U.S. Attorney. Bondi announced Halligan's departure on X, blaming Senate Democrats who opposed renewing her as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, where she unsuccessfully pursued criminal cases against two of Trump's adversaries.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said he fears the "moment where it all explodes" amid tensions over the Trump administration's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown. "We're in this 2020 moment where all these tensions have been building, and I'm afraid we're going to have another moment where it all explodes," O'Hara said in a "60 Minutes" segment aired on CBS News on Sunday.

Sources told Fox News that the Department of Justice served grand jury subpoenas on Tuesday to five Minnesota government offices — including the Governor's Office, the Attorney General's office and the Minneapolis Mayor's Office – as part of a federal investigation into alleged conspiracy to coerce or obstruct federal law enforcement during ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minnesota. The sources said the FBI served the subpoenas, seeking records and communications. The Justice Department declined to comment on the matter.

Beginning in September, New Jersey public schools must begin teaching cursive writing to students in grades three to five. A bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday makes cursive instruction mandatory for some elementary students. The requirements take effect immediately and apply to the 2026-27 school year.

Reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in Maine spiked Tuesday, marking the apparent start of a possible increase in federal immigration activity. Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline confirmed an "increased presence" of ICE agents in the city Tuesday afternoon, while social media and Maine Trust for Local News journalists were flooded with reports about potential sightings and detentions.

Donald Trump's flight to Switzerland on Tuesday night was forced to return to the United States after Air Force One suffered what the White House described as a "minor electrical issue" shortly after take-off. The US president was en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he is due to meet global political and business leaders amid strained relations with European allies.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul isn't raising income or corporate taxes this year to fund the state's $260 billion budget, easing concerns from some business leaders after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor in a campaign that promised hikes on the city's richest residents and businesses. Hochul was able to pitch a new spending plan without increased taxes largely due to a bullish stock market, slower-than-expected impacts from federal tariffs and wage and bonus growth which provided roughly $9.5 billion in extra revenue over two years, according to her budget proposal.