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James E. “Jeb” Boasberg. (Photo via: dcd.uscourts.gov) / (R) TOPSHOT - Prisoners with MS-13 gang tattoos look out of their cell as unseen US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) as prisoners stand, looking out from a cell, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025. (Photo by Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Judge Boasberg: Trump admin must facilitate return of over 100 deported Venezuelans or give them due process hearings

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled that the Trump administration must either facilitate the return of more than 100 Venezuelan men — deported earlier this year to El Salvador’s CECOT megaprison — or provide them with due process hearings to challenge their removal and purported gang ties.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 01: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks to reporters before the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Senators spoke about the White House's intended tariffs and taxes to be implemented. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Sen. Paul labels boat strikes and seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers as a ‘provocation and a prelude to war’

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul criticized President Donald Trump’s military actions and increased hostility to Venezuela, labeling the seizure of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers as “a provocation and a prelude to war.”

(background) A crude oil tanker is anchored on Lake Maracaibo near Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela, on December 18, 2025. (Alejandro Paredes / AFP via Getty Images) / (R) footage of the declassified Saturday operation by the U.S. Coast Guard released by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

U.S. Coast Guard pursues third Venezuelan oil tanker following Saturday seizure

The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a third oil tanker in international waters on Sunday as the Trump administration continues to enforce its blockade of all Venezuelan oil tankers under sanctions, according to reports from several outlets.

US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after speaking at a political rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on December 19, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) / Lieutenant General Francis L. Donovan (United States Special Operations Command)

Trump nominates new Southcom commander following Holsey’s retirement

President Donald Trump has nominated Lieutenant General Francis L. Donovan of United States Special Operations Command to be the next commander of U.S. Southern Command, overseeing operations in the Caribbean that have included more than two dozen fatal strikes on alleged drug smuggling vessels.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for a closed door meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on December 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Rubio and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are headed back to Capitol Hill to speak with lawmakers as questions mount about strikes carried out by the U.S. military on suspected drug boats out of Venezuela ordered by the Trump Administration. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Rubio outlines U.S. foreign policy in year-end briefing, addresses questions on Ukraine, Gaza and Venezuela

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held an end-of-year press conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C. The event was lengthy, lasting over two hours, while covering a wide range of U.S. foreign policy topics under President Donald Trump.

(Background) A crude oil tanker waits its turn to be loaded with crude oil at Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela on May 9, 2025. A line of ships waited their turn to load oil on Lake Maracaibo on May 9 ,2025, two weeks before the US oil company Chevron shuts down operations in Venezuela due to US sanctions. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images) / (L) Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro dances during a rally in Caracas on December 1, 2025. Venezuela does not want "a slave's peace," President Nicolas Maduro told thousands of supporters during a rally, referring to a US military deployment he said has been "testing" his country for 22 weeks. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP via Getty Images) / (R) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the ceremony, Trump recognized the first 13 service members to receive the recently established Mexican Border Defense Medal (MBDM), which recognizes service members supporting Customs and Border Protection on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump declares Maduro’s government a ‘TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,’ orders ‘BLOCKADE OF SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS’ into Venezuela

President Donald Trump has designated the Venezuelan government a terrorist organization and ordered a complete blockade of sanctioned oil tankers into Venezuela.