'Potentially provocative': House Democrat on seizure of another oil tanker off Venezuelan coast

Just hours ago, Homeland Security Secretary Christy Gnome confirmed that the US Coast Guard, backed by the Department of Defense, boarded and seized an oil tanker that had last docked in Venezuela. This is now the second time this month that the US has taken action against a tanker carrying Venezuelan crude crude bound for Asia. The move comes after Trump designated Venezuela a foreign terrorist organization on Tuesday and formerly ordered a blockade of all US sanctioned oil tankers servicing that country.J ...