The US Military Seizes Two More Oil Tankers
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What prompted the U.S. military to seize two oil tankers today?
This is a Fox News Alert. The U.S. military takes action again, this time at sea. I'm Dave Anthony, seizing not one but two oil tankers. We're just learning that before dawn, U.S. forces took control of what Southern Command posted on X was a stateless, sanctioned dark fleet vessel in the Caribbean. The other tanker was captured by U.S. forces in the North Atlantic. Before Russia could take it, its navy was
The ship, previously known as the Bela One, had been accused of violating American sanctions and shipping Iranian oil.
Why was the Caribbean tanker formerly known as the Bela One targeted for sanctions violations?
The ship has also transported Venezuelan oil in the past, but is reporting to be empty right now. Photos showing a U.S. Army little bird helicopter with a boarding party on the skids have been seen a beam of the tanker. Little birds are flown by the U.S. military's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers. This is the same unit that flew into Venezuela to grab Nicolas Maduro and his wife last weekend.
That's Fox's Lucas Tomlinson and right about now the Secretaries of War and State will brief the full Senate in private on that operation, and then the House will get its own briefing. Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw tells Fox that capturing Nicholas Maduro is good for Venezuela since he was an illegitimate leader.
So the legality issue will be uh will be first and foremost uh to convince members that indeed this this this was done properly and by the book.
How are U.S. officials briefing Congress on the legality of the tanker seizures?
Uh it should also be noted this this is not an occupation. There are no US troops on the ground.
President Trump plans to meet Friday with oil committee executives. He boasted on two social Venezuela will send to the U.S. thirty to fifty million barrels of oil that will be sold at market price. One year ago, big story was the massive wildfire disaster in the Los Angeles area. Now Fox's William Lajaness reports from Pacific Palisades.
You can hear the construction crews, you can smell the lumber, you can see hundreds of houses rising from the ashes, but for many fire victims they remain bitter, angry, they're displaced, they're in debt, and they still want to know how this could have happened at this scale.
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What impact did the seizures have on oil prices and the gas pump today?
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Again, our top Fox News story. The U.S. military has seized two oil tankers today, one in the Caribbean, the other in the North Atlantic. But there's no movement in the oil market. Actually, oil prices are down a half dollar today, still around fifty six bucks a barrel. No change at the gas pump this morning. Triple A's national average for regular remains two eighty one a gallon, a quarter less than a year ago.
Why is the recent wildfire recovery story included in this news roundup?
On Wall Street, the Dow is down a hundred. Forty points the day after another record high close. The N S and P five hundred down two, but the Nasdaq is gaining twenty-three points. A hearing is about to start in the House as Republicans join the Trump administration investigating multibillion dollar fraud allegations in Minnesota.
Today's hearing is the first of two that have been scheduled. The fraud in Minnesota's social programs, including child care and Medicaid, have led to billions of dollars in losses and dozens of convictions. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer told Fox's Harris Faulkner the work is just beginning.
In Congress and by the President and his administration to reign in Minnesota, hold to hold them accountable and to make sure that tax dollars are being spent wisely.
Now Governor Walls, a Democrat who has ended a reelection campaign, is adamant he'll remain in office. You can make all your requests for me to resign
over my dead body.
How is the Department of Education responding to the surge in student loan defaults?
Will that happen? I will fight this thing till the very end to make this state better.
Well, this is not a good time for Americans with college debt to have not been making payments.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What prompted the U.S. military to seize two oil tankers today?
0:02–0:35
2
Why was the Caribbean tanker formerly known as the Bela One targeted for sanctions violations?
0:35–1:22
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How are U.S. officials briefing Congress on the legality of the tanker seizures?
1:22–2:01
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What impact did the seizures have on oil prices and the gas pump today?
2:01–2:39
5
Why is the recent wildfire recovery story included in this news roundup?
2:39–3:44
6
How is the Department of Education responding to the surge in student loan defaults?
3:44–4:11