In *** briefing that I sat in on today, Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says that the US is directing that oil tanker to an American port and intends to seize the oil on board. US forces took control ...

The seizure had little impact on global oil prices, because of exiting oversupply and due to the fact that Venezuela makes up only around 1% of the overall market. That could change, depending on how ...

Caracas condemned the U.S. seizure as an “act of international piracy" and “blatant theft” of sovereign resources. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

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The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela called it blatant piracy, exposing how U.S.