A majority of Americans who identify as Catholic are not — rejecting many of the core teachings of the Catholic Church.
A recent survey by Pew found that 60 percent of self-described Catholics in the U.S. believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Thirty-nine percent said it should be legal in most cases, while nearly a full quarter — 22 percent — said abortion should be legal in all cases. Just 28 percent of Catholics in America said abortion should be illegal in all cases.
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The report also found that a substantial proportion of U.S. so-called Catholics advocate for more progressive changes within the Church, including acceptance of contraception, married priests, female priests, and same-sex marriage recognition.
Eighty-three percent of respondents said they want the church to allow contraception, 69 percent said priests should be able to marry, 64 percent said women should be allowed to become priestesses, and more than half — 54 percent — believe the Church should recognize same-sex marriage.
The new survey and its findings come on the heels of Pope Francis’s decision in December 2023 to allow priests to bless individuals in same-sex relationships — however such blessings are not marriage and cannot take part during Church services. Last year, the Catholic Church, which has become increasingly liberal under the guidance of Pope Francis, decreed that transgendered individuals could be baptized.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Reports suggest the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to add a “black box” warning to COVID-19 vaccines, indicating potential severe health risks.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The FDA, Dr. Vinay Prasad, Moderna, Pfizer, Novavax, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesman Andrew Nixon.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The plans are reportedly under development and were disclosed by sources to CNN. Finalization details remain unclear.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Any claim not officially made by the FDA is pure speculation.” – Andrew Nixon, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
🎯IMPACT: In July of this year, the FDA updated the warning labels on Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to include new information regarding the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis, particularly in young males.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reportedly preparing to add a “black box” warning to COVID-19 vaccines, according to sources who disclosed the information to CNN. Black box warnings, the FDA’s most serious advisory, are typically reserved for medications with life-threatening or disabling side effects, such as opioids. It remains unclear whether the warning would apply to all COVID-19 vaccines or only to mRNA vaccines, such as those from Pfizer and Moderna.
Dr. Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s chief medical and scientific officer, is reportedly overseeing the plan, though it has not yet been finalized. However, Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), dismissed the reports, stating, “Any claim not officially made by the FDA is pure speculation.”
Common side effects of COVID-19 vaccines include mild arm pain, fatigue, and headaches, but there have also been cases of allergic reactions and heart inflammation—including myocarditis, which can cause heart failure. In July of this year, the FDA updated the warning labels on Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to include new information regarding the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis, particularly in young males.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A white student was stabbed multiple times in the head and racially abused in an attack at a Georgia high school.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: A black student and the white student he targeted.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred on Friday in the cafeteria of North Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Georgia.
💬KEY QUOTE: “One student sustained an injury involving a pair of scissors. School staff responded to secure the area, ensure the safety of all students, and provide care to the injured student, who is currently being treated at a local hospital.” – Atlanta Public Schools.
🎯IMPACT: The injured student is being treated at a local hospital.
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Video shared on social media shows a vicious attack at North Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Georgia, in which a white student was stabbed multiple times in the head with a pair of scissors. The graphic footage appears to show the badly bleeding victim, said to be autistic, lying on the cafeteria floor as another student, identified by witnesses as black, approaches and shouts “white b**h!” toward him.
In a statement, Atlanta Public Schools said, “One student sustained an injury involving a pair of scissors. School staff responded to secure the area, ensure the safety of all students, and provide care to the injured student, who is currently being treated at a local hospital.” The district added that the incident was isolated to the two students involved, claiming that no ongoing threat exists.
Some reports state that the injured student was stabbed in the eye. The attack has raised serious concern among parents and community members, who are demanding more information about school safety measures and disciplinary responses.
The attack comes at a time of growing public attention to violent incidents in which race has been cited as a factor. In August 2025, 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte light rail train. Authorities charged Decarlos Brown Jr., a black male, with murder in the case, and video from the scene apparently captures him saying “I got that white girl” after the stabbing. Federal prosecutors brought charges related to causing death on a mass transit system, and there have been discussions regarding whether hate crime charges may apply.
Zarutska, who had resettled in the United States after fleeing the war in Ukraine, became the namesake of “Iryna’s Law,” a criminal justice reform bill passed by North Carolina lawmakers in response to the public outcry following her death. The legislation restricts cashless bail for violent offenders, expands pretrial detention requirements, and includes measures that could allow executions to resume in the state after a long pause.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill into law allowing terminally ill patients to be euthanized.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Governor Pritzker, Illinois lawmakers, religious groups, and disability rights advocates.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Signed into law on Friday, the legislation will take effect in Illinois in September 2026.
💬KEY QUOTE: “This bill carries far too many loopholes and lacks oversight to be safe and equitable, but the bottom line for Access Living is this: The existence of assisted suicide is a threat, to not just the kind of health care we deserve, but a threat to our ability to live and die with dignity.” – Sebastian Nalls, Access Living
🎯IMPACT: The bill has sparked concerns from religious leaders and disability advocates over potential abuse and ethical implications.
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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill on Friday permitting terminally ill patients to be euthanized. Known as the Illinois End-of-Life Options Act, or “Deb’s Law,” the legislation is set to take effect in September 2026. According to Pritzker’s office, the bill allows qualified patients to “seek medication to peacefully end their lives on their own terms in consultation with physicians.”
“This legislation will be thoughtfully implemented so that physicians can consult patients on making deeply personal decisions with authority, autonomy, and empathy,” Pritzker claimed.
To qualify, patients must be 18 or older, have a terminal illness confirmed by a physician, possess the mental capacity to make medical decisions, and be informed about other end-of-life care options such as hospice and palliative care. They must also make both written and oral requests for the deadly medication. The cause of death listed on their death certificate will reflect their underlying terminal illness.
Despite the supposed safeguards, the bill has faced strong opposition from religious groups and disability advocates. Sebastian Nalls, a policy analyst with Access Living, warned, “This bill carries far too many loopholes and lacks oversight to be safe and equitable, but the bottom line for Access Living is this: The existence of assisted suicide is a threat, to not just the kind of health care we deserve, but a threat to our ability to live and die with dignity.”
Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago also criticized the legislation, questioning why the state would normalize suicide amid increasing mental health concerns. He said, “There is a way to both honor the dignity of human life and provide compassionate care to those experiencing life-ending illness. Surely the Illinois legislature should explore those options before making suicide one of the avenues available to the ill and distressed.”
The National Pulse reported earlier this month that Canada’s so-called medical assistance in dying (MAID) program is estimated to have killed over 92,000 people since euthanasia was legalized in 2016. MAID now accounts for just over five percent of all annual deaths in Canada.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The first cases of leprosy in over 40 years have been confirmed in Romania, involving two migrant masseuses.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Two Indonesian migrants, aged 21 and 25, and the Romanian Ministry of Health.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The cases were detected in a spa in Cluj, Romania, with the last confirmed case in the country reported 44 years ago.
🎯IMPACT: The spa has been shut down pending an investigation, while health officials monitor the situation.
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Romania has reported its first confirmed leprosy cases in more than four decades, according to the country’s health ministry. The infections involve two Indonesian migrants, aged 21 and 25, who worked as masseuses at a spa in the northwestern city of Cluj. Both are receiving treatment, and authorities have begun testing two additional people connected to the facility. Health officials said one of the confirmed patients had recently returned from Asia.
Health Minister Alexandru Rogobete urged calm, insisting that the disease requires prolonged exposure and spa customers are unlikely to be at risk. However, the spa has been temporarily closed while investigators assess potential contacts and environmental conditions. Romania last recorded a case of leprosy 44 years ago.
The emergence of these cases coincides with the resurgence of several infectious diseases in Europe and North America that were once considered controlled. A notable example occurred in Chicago, Illinois, in 2024, when dozens of measles cases were reported in migrant shelters.
Sporadic cases of bubonic plague have been identified in parts of the western United States. Medical authorities have noted that high levels of global migration, combined with uneven access to healthcare and screening, can contribute to the reintroduction of infections such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and syphilis when migrants arrive from regions where these diseases are more prevalent.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The National Trust for Historic Preservation has filed a lawsuit to halt President Donald J. Trump’s planned ballroom construction on White House grounds.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Park Service, and other federal entities.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The lawsuit was filed on December 12, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
💬KEY QUOTE: “No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever — not President Trump, not President Biden, not anyone else.” – National Trust for Historic Preservation complaint
🎯IMPACT: The lawsuit could delay or halt the ballroom project, citing violations of required review processes and public input.
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation has filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, seeking to block the construction of a ballroom on the White House grounds. The nonprofit argues that the demolition of the East Wing and the planned construction violate laws requiring public review and approval.
The lawsuit, filed on Friday, December 12, 2025, in Washington, D.C., names the President, the National Park Service, the Department of the Interior, the General Services Administration (GSA), and the respective agency chiefs as defendants. The nonprofit claims that the administration proceeded with demolition and construction without submitting plans for review by the National Capital Planning Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, or the U.S. Congress.
“No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever—not President Trump, not President Biden, not anyone else,” the complaint states. “And no president is legally allowed to construct a ballroom on public property without giving the public the opportunity to weigh in.”
The White House has defended its actions, asserting that approval is only required for “vertical construction” and not for demolition. White House spokesman Davis Ingle stated, “President Trump has full legal authority to modernize, renovate, and beautify the White House—just like all of his predecessors did.”
Despite objections from the National Trust, construction crews continue preparations for the new ballroom. The nonprofit insists that the public has been deprived of its right to be informed and to comment on the project, and is demanding that all work be halted until reviews and approvals are completed.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to withhold $73 million in federal highway funding from New York after an audit revealed over half of the state’s commercial trucking licenses were issued to foreign-born drivers living in the U.S. illegally.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Derek Barrs, and NYS DMV spokesman Walter McClure.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The audit findings were announced on Friday, with the issue centered on New York’s Department of Motor Vehicles.
💬KEY QUOTE: “When more than half of the licenses reviewed were issued illegally, it isn’t just a mistake—it is a dereliction of duty by state leadership.” – Sean Duffy
🎯IMPACT: New York has been given 30 days to respond and may lose significant federal funding if corrective action is not taken.
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U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Friday that New York could lose $73 million in federal highway funding following a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) audit. The audit revealed that 53 percent of sampled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) issued by the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) were unlawfully granted to foreign nationals residing in the U.S. illegally.
“When more than half of the licenses reviewed were issued illegally, it isn’t just a mistake—it is a dereliction of duty by state leadership,” Secretary Duffy said, adding: “Gov. Hochul must immediately revoke these illegally issued licenses. If they refuse to follow the law, we will withhold federal highway funding.”
The FMCSA audit reviewed 200 New York CDL records, finding that 107 licenses were unlawfully issued. In some cases, the DMV reportedly issued licenses based on expired lawful presence documents or defaulted to granting eight-year licenses to foreign commercial drivers without verifying their legal status. FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs labeled the state’s practices a “grossly unacceptable deviation from federal regulations.”
However, New York officials are denying the allegations. DMV spokesman Walter McClure accused Sec. Duffy of political posturing, stating, “Secretary Duffy is lying about New York state once again in a desperate attempt to distract from the failing, chaotic administration he represents.” McClure insisted that the state complies with all federal regulations and reviews lawful status documents for all CDL applicants.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has given New York 30 days to respond. In addition to revoking the illegally issued licenses, Duffy has urged the state to pause issuing new licenses or learner’s permits and conduct a comprehensive audit of its CDL program.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Over 10,000 illegal aliens, including migrants convicted of violent crimes, have been arrested in Los Angeles, California, since June, despite anti-ICE riots and sanctuary city policies.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D), Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), and criminal illegal immigrants.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Since June 2025, operations conducted in Los Angeles, California.
💬KEY QUOTE: “They let these criminals roam free. Thanks to our brave law enforcement, California is safer with these thugs off their streets.” – DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin
🎯IMPACT: DHS operations led to the arrests of criminals with convictions ranging from homicide to sexual assault, despite significant opposition from state leaders and violent anti-ICE protests.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that over 10,000 illegal aliens, including migrants convicted of serious crimes such as murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault, have been arrested in Los Angeles since June. These enforcement operations were carried out in spite of violent leftist riots targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the city throughout the summer.
According to DHS, federal immigration enforcement agents faced violent rioters who threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at law enforcement while attempting to obstruct arrests. Additionally, the department noted that sanctuary policies in California, some signed into law by incumbent Governor Gavin Newsom (D), further complicated the operations. These laws restrict federal agents from conducting immigration enforcement at certain locations and prohibit them from wearing masks during operations, which are used to protect agents’ identities and prevent potential reprisals against them.
Among those arrested were migrants with extensive criminal histories. For example, Mohamed Chekchekani from Kenya, Rene Reyes-Miranda from Cuba, and Alireza Hashemi from Iran were apprehended for crimes such as racketeering, sex offenses against children, rape, and aggravated assault. Two Mexican nationals, Juan Carlos Tamayo and Yonic Telles-Sosa, were also detained for crimes including homicide and sexual assault of a child.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin criticized Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) for attempting to hinder federal operations, stating, “They let these criminals roam free. Thanks to our brave law enforcement, California is safer with these thugs off their streets.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has launched a civil rights investigation into Boston’s housing policies, alleging they unlawfully favor black, Latino, and other ethnic minority residents.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: HUD, led by Secretary Scott Turner, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) and her administration.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Announced Thursday, focusing on housing policies in Boston, Massachusetts.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The context of race, fair housing is not about ‘the absence of racial discrimination . . . but the presence of deliberate systems . . . to achieve and sustain racial equity.’” — HUD letter
🎯IMPACT: HUD has demanded documents from Boston within 10 days and may escalate the case to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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The Trump administration announced it has launched a major civil rights investigation into the City of Boston‘s housing policies, which allegedly favor black, Latino, and other ethnic minority residents. Announced by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday, the investigation marks a significant federal intervention against local diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the Democrat-run city.
In a letter to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D), HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) chastised the city’s approach, stating, “The context of race, fair housing is not about ‘the absence of racial discrimination . . . but the presence of deliberate systems . . . to achieve and sustain racial equity.’” Assistant HUD Secretary Craig Trainor, who leads the FHEO, accused the city of embedding “racial equity into every layer of operations in City government.”
Meanwhile, HUD Secretary Scott Turner described Boston’s housing policies as a “social engineering project” driven by DEI ideology rather than legitimate housing needs. Turner vowed to bring the city into compliance with federal law, emphasizing, “This warped mentality will be fully exposed.”
The investigation focuses on several city initiatives, including the Boston Housing Strategy 2025, the Assessment of Fair Housing, and the Anti-Displacement Action Plan. These plans include provisions such as targeting outreach to black and Latino families, increasing lending in “communities of color,” and allocating homeownership opportunities specifically for “BIPOC” households. HUD argues these policies violate federal civil rights law and Supreme Court precedent against “outright racial balancing.”
HUD has also criticized the city’s use of racially based data tools and race-conscious marketing strategies, which it claims echo the logic of “government-sponsored redlining.” The department has requested documents from the city within 10 days and noted it may escalate the case by filing formal discrimination charges or referring it to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Beijing announced plans to limit access to Nvidia’s AI H200 chips while unveiling a massive incentive package to boost domestic chip innovation.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, Nvidia, Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and Chinese companies like Huawei, SMIC, and Cambricon.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The developments surfaced this week, with Beijing’s plans tied to its ongoing national strategy for semiconductor independence.
🎯IMPACT: The U.S. and China remain locked in a high-stakes rivalry over technology and economic dominance, signaling an intensifying Cold War dynamic.
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is weighing a set of proposals that could provide upwards of $70 billion in subsidies and incentives to support China’s domestic chipmaking industry. Beijing’s move comes in response to U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s decision earlier this week to approve exports of Nvidia’s AI H200 chips to China. However, it is expected that China will limit domestic access to the Nvidia chips in a bid to protect its own semiconductor sector from foreign competition.
China’s possible domestic incentive package, even at the low end of fiscal estimates, would rival the U.S. Chips Act. At the high end, the incentives would likely amount to the most extensive state-backed semiconductor subsidies the CCP has ever implemented. The semiconductor support package is estimated to total between $28 billion and $70 billion, comprising both direct subsidies and state-backed financing. The latter would likely not include existing funding programs, such as the $50 billion Big Fund III.
Notably, Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged a “whole-nation” effort in support of the country’s chipmaking industry. China currently lags about six years behind the top global semiconductor firms, such as Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., in terms of manufacturing processes and technology.
In the United States, President Trump has made revitalizing the country’s semiconductor industry a critical objective for his administration. A combination of deregulation and trade tariffs has spurred significant investments in U.S. chipmaking enterprises by companies like Nvidia and Micron Technology, with the latter announcing a $200 billion investment aimed at bolstering the United States’ semiconductor manufacturing capabilities this past June.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has moved to sanction three of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s nephews, as well as a Panamanian businessman, following the seizure of an oil tanker by U.S. forces.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); Maduro’s nephews Franqui Flores, Carlos Flores, and Efrain Campo; and Panamanian businessman Ramon Carretero.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The Skipper supertanker was seized by U.S. forces on Wednesday, with new sanctions announced late Thursday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “These sanctions undo the Biden Administration’s failed attempt to make a deal with Maduro, enabling his dictatorial and brutal control at the expense of the Venezuelan and American people.” — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
🎯IMPACT: The move comes just days after U.S. forces seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
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The Trump administration has moved to sanction three of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro‘s nephews, as well as Panamanian businessman Ramon Carretero, who is accused of facilitating the illicit shipment of sanctioned petroleum on behalf of the Maduro regime. Franqui Flores, Carlos Flores, and Efrain Campo—nephews of Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores—were hit with sanctions by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) late Thursday. All three are alleged to be narco-traffickers operating in Venezuela.
“Nicolas Maduro and his criminal associates in Venezuela are flooding the United States with drugs that are poisoning the American people,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. “These sanctions undo the Biden Administration’s failed attempt to make a deal with Maduro, enabling his dictatorial and brutal control at the expense of the Venezuelan and American people,” he added.
Additionally, OFAC announced sanctions against several shipping companies operating in Venezuela’s oil sector. The move comes just days after U.S. forces seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The Skipper supertanker, carrying oil allegedly linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and bound for Cuba, was taken over by the U.S. Coast Guard with Navy support in a dramatic operation on Wednesday.
The White House released footage of the operation, showing U.S. forces airdropping onto the tanker by helicopter. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described the tanker as a “shadow vessel” carrying black market oil. The oil will be retained by the U.S., while the crew will be released after docking in Texas.
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