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The U.S. military seized an oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude in the Caribbean Wednesday, marking a new step in the Trump administration’s efforts to pressure the South American country’s government.  The ship, which U.S. officials said is named Skipper, has previously been sanctioned, and a federal judge issued a warrant two weeks ago for its seizure due to its activities carrying Iranian oil. Footage released by Attorney General Pam Bondi showed American troops jumping out of helicopters to take control of the ship. “The oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,” Bondi wrote in a post on X. President Donald Trump, speaking at a business round table at the White House, appeared pleased with the operation. The president described the tanker as “the largest one ever seized, actually.” Venezuela’s foreign minister, Yvan Gil, denounced the seizure in a post on Instagram. The Venezuelan government “strongly denounces and rejects what constitutes a blatant theft and an act of international piracy,” Gil wrote. Oil exports are the Venezuelan government’s main source of income. The seizure is a notable escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign against the Maduro regime. The U.S. has deployed sizable naval forces around the country in a bid to push the strongman president to resign. Previously, the forces were only being used in counternarcotics operations, including airstrikes of small drug-smuggling craft.  The post U.S. Seizes Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast appeared first on The American Conservative.

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The House passed an annual defense policy bill on Wednesday that takes surprising aim at the Pentagon's boat strike campaign in Latin America and the Trump administration's dismissal of longstanding U.S. military commitments. The National Defense Authorization Act heads to the Senate, which will likely send the measure to President Donald Trump, who supports the bill. The agreement would withhold a quarter of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget until the Pentagon provides Congress with unedited videos of airstrikes against alleged drug smuggling boats. It also goes after Trump's push away from European allies and demands a rationale when the Defense Department fires officials.

The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an overhaul of how the Department of Defense buys weapons. The bill's passage on a 312-112 vote comes at a time of increasing friction between the Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump's administration over the management of the military. The annual National Defense Authorization Act typically gains bipartisan backing, and the White House has signaled "strong support" for the must-pass legislation, saying it is in line with Trump's national security agenda. Yet tucked into the over-3,000-page bill are several measures that push back against the Department of Defense, including a demand for more information on boat strikes in the Caribbean and support for allies in Europe, such as Ukraine.

Every politician is fair game when it comes to criticism, and every single one of them deserves it. But if your attacks are empty or lies, it says more about you and the quality of your character than it says about the target of your scorn. Such is the case with the left-wing industrial complexes' attacks on President Donald Trump. Most attacks on Trump are amazing in that they are completely devoid of substance. That, in itself, is a form of accomplishment, as speaking constantly without really saying anything or offering up anything to back up your claims is a sort of skill most people do not have, yet leftist cable news in pretty much just that. "Trump is the most corrupt President in history," you'll hear a Democrat say. "He's making himself and his buddies rich at the expense of the American people," someone else will scream. Then there is the non-stop crying about "threats to democracy!!!" What you never hear is the one follow-up question that would stump all of them – a si…