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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.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump waits for the arrival of Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese at the White House on October 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Albanese is visiting the U.S. Capital to meet with President Trump and later visit the Pentagon. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump: Strikes on Venezuelan land could begin ‘pretty soon’

President Donald Trump indicated on Thursday that U.S. military strikes on Venezuelan soil could come “pretty soon,” following a recent seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker.

(L) The Skipper oil tanker is seen off the coast of Venezuela on December 10, 2025. (Pam Bondi; X) / (R) U.S. troops are seen boarding The Skipper tanker from a helicopter. (Pam Bondi; X) / (L-Bottom) US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. seizes Venezuelan oil tanker amid tensions with Maduro

The United States Government has seized a Venezuelan oil tanker, President Donald Trump announced.

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, with moderator and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R), arrives for a town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and Fairgrounds in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

WH refutes report claiming Trump is considering replacing DHS Secy. Noem: ‘Total FAKE NEWS!’

The White House has refuted a report claiming that President Donald Trump is considering replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, labeling the claim “total FAKE NEWS!”

FBI Wanted Poster for Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano

U.S. State Department raises reward to $5M for information leading to Tren de Aragua leader’s arrest

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) announced an increase in reward money for information leading to the arrest of Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, a leader of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang, bringing the total to $5 million.