Quill Lawrence

We're now at over two dozen of those strikes.

They've killed over 100 people.

There was another one announced just last night, killed one more person.

And now we're talking about bigger boats, not the battleships, but massive oil tankers.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted video on social media of a Coast Guard helicopter landing on the tanker Centuries, which she said was moving sanctioned oil.

The ship does not appear on the Treasury Department's public list of sanctioned oil tankers, but the White House says it was carrying Venezuelan oil and falsely flagged as Panamanian.

President Trump declared a blockade on Venezuela's sanctioned oil, which he claimed without explanation was stolen from the U.S.

A blockade is considered an act of war under international maritime law.

The U.S.

Navy currently has a fleet off the coast of Venezuela, and President Trump has suggested attacks inside Venezuelan territory may be imminent.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

I think you should never give up on your dreams.

Senators Jackie Rosen of Nevada and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois both said they had spoken with acting commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Kevin Lunday, after reports in the Washington Post that a Coast Guard manual would describe symbols like swastikas and nooses as just potentially divisive and not as symbols of hate.

Lunday released a statement in November that Coast Guard policy prohibits such hate symbols.

But this week, the manual came out with the ambiguous language.

The Coast Guard sent a response from the Department of Homeland Security to NPR that the new language actually strengthens the ability to report, investigate, and prosecute those who violate longstanding policy.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

Senators Jackie Rosen of Nevada and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois both said they had spoken with acting commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Kevin Lunday, after reports in the Washington Post that a Coast Guard manual would describe symbols like swastikas and nooses as just potentially divisive and not as symbols of hate.

Lunday released a statement in November that Coast Guard policy prohibits such hate symbols.

But this week, the manual came out with the ambiguous language.