Natalie Kitroff

Anatoly, given everything you've told us, do you think we're more likely or less likely to see military action on the ground in Venezuela than we were before the seizures of the tankers started?

Because I think all of this action against Venezuela is really concerning for people who don't want to see a war.

We've now seen dozens of boats blown up, American aircraft carriers and other warships kind of positioned around Venezuela.

We keep hearing that Trump is open to land strikes.

Bottom line, are we seeing this ratchet up or cool off militarily?

Well, Anatoly, thank you so much.

Here's what else you need to know today.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court refused to allow the Trump administration to send hundreds of National Guard troops into the Chicago area.

It was a rare departure from recent cases where the conservative majority has sided with Trump in early tests of presidential power.

The order is preliminary, but it casts doubt on the viability of similar deployments in other cities and likely will set ground rules for legal challenges in Portland and Los Angeles.

And the Trump administration says it will begin the process of seizing pay from student loan borrowers who are in default, starting as soon as next month.

Officials will send the first round of notices to 1,000 borrowers, and those notices will increase every month.

It's unclear exactly how much will be deducted, but the government can take as much as 15% of an employee's wages for loan repayment.

Today's episode was produced by Rochelle Banja, Shannon Lin, and Eric Krupke.

It was edited by Maria Byrne and Patricia Willans, with help from Paige Cowett.

Contains music by Dan Powell, Diane Wong, and Marion Lozano.

And was engineered by Alyssa Moxley.

That's it for The Daily.

I'm Natalie Kitroweth.

See you after the holiday.