An oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast in May.
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US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. In a major escalation of President Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the US seized the tanker, threatening Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy. Without offering details, President Trump said it was “a large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually.” Attorney General Pam Bondi said the tanker had been used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. The Venezuelan government called the US’ actions “blatant theft.” The US has also been building up its naval presence in the area, and earlier, the US helped Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado out of the country to travel to Norway, where she didn’t quite make it in time to personally accept her Nobel Peace Prize.
The US wants to screen foreign tourists’ social media for entry. A new proposal from the Trump administration would require travelers from 42 countries, including the UK, France, Australia, and Japan—who typically don’t need visas to enter the country—to provide five years’ worth of social media history in order to visit the US. The proposal from the US Customs and Border Protection is not yet final, and the agency will be accepting public comments on it for 60 days. But if it does take effect, it would be in keeping with new, more stringent requirements the administration has imposed for student visas and some work visa applications.
State Dept. ordered to return to Times New Roman. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is apparently a serif fan: He ordered diplomats this week to return to using Times New Roman size 14 in official documents, overhauling a Biden-era change to the more modern-looking Calibri. The shift to Calibiri was aimed at increasing accessibility for people with reading challenges and those who use screen readers, but Rubio characterized it as a “wasteful” diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility program. He said switching back would “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work.”—AR
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