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Venezuela denounces Trump’s order for ship blockade as ‘warmongering threats’

Getty Images US President Donald Trump has ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela - a move denounced by Caracas as "warmongering threats". Trump wrote that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government had been designated a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO), which had also engaged in "Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking". His remarks come after the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last week, a significant action in light of the South American nation's reliance on oil. The US has also recently conducted deadly strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boats, and has significantly built up its naval presence nearby. Trump's post did not give further detail of how the wide-ranging b...

US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela about ‘regime change’: senator

President Donald Trump has said the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Using US forces to take control of a merchant ship is incredibly unusual and marks the Trump administration's latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the US. The US has built up the largest military presence in the region in decades and launched a series of deadly strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. The campaign is facing growing scrutiny from Congress. The US is ramping up military pressure on the South American country. (US Department of Defence) "We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large ta...

The widening rift between Trump and Europe is a gift to Putin

US President Donald Trump's emissaries to the Kremlin may have been spinning their wheels during talks last week in Moscow on a possible Ukraine peace deal, but the Russians can now press a new advantage: the deepening divisions between Washington and Europe. Overnight, Trump doubled down on his administration's criticism of Europe, saying in a newly published interview with Politico that European nations were "weak" and "decaying" because of their immigration policies. He also argued that Russia had the "upper hand" in its war on Ukraine and that it was time for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to "start accepting things" when it comes to efforts to end the conflict. US President Donald Trump is interviewed by Politico about the state of Europe amid the Russia-U...

Donald Trump to hold Venezuela Oval Office meeting amid growing questions about his military moves

US President Donald Trump will hold a meeting at the White House on Monday evening about next steps on Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as the administration intensifies its pressure campaign on the country and questions mount about whether the military is exceeding its lawful authority. Key members of Trump's Cabinet and national security team, including Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to attend, as well as White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. The meeting, which is expected to take place at 5 p.m. ET (9am AEDT) in the Oval Office, comes as the United States has increased pressure on Venezuela with strikes on...

Trump willing to release MRI results, but ‘no idea’ which part of body it examined

US President Donald Trump appeared open to releasing the results of a recent MRI, although he said he was unaware which part of his body was examined in the scan. "If they want to release it, it's OK with me to release it. It's perfect," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. Pressed by a reporter on which part of his body the MRI examined, Trump said, "I have no idea. It was just an MRI – what part of the body? It wasn't the brain, because I took a cognitive test and I aced it." US President Donald Trump steps off Marine One as he arrives to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to receive a medical checkup in Bethesda, Maryland, on October 10, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images) The comments came as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz pus...

‘Big, fat slob’: Feathers fly as Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys

US President Donald Trump has pardoned two Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House in characteristic style, slipping in digs at his political rivals such as predecessor Joe Biden. This year's turkey pardon, a presidential tradition dating back decades and which has been de rigeur since 1989, saw Trump wield his clemency powers to spare the lives of Waddle and Gobble and save them from the Thanksgiving table. Only Gobble was present for the ceremony itself, though Waddle made an earlier appearance in the White House briefing room alongside press secretary Karoline Leavitt. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, stand next to national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble. (AP) "Waddle, want to give us a gobble?" Leavitt asked. The turkey obliged. "Very on mes...
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