The U.S. diplomats and security officials are making a preliminary assessment about reopening the U.S. Embassy in Caracas.

Two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News that the Coast Guard, supported by the Navy, were the process of seizing the Olina oil tanker.

The United States seized another oil tanker overnight in the Caribbean Sea, the fifth vessel taken in recent weeks as the Trump Administration intensifies a sweeping effort to choke off Venezuela’s oil exports and assert control over a maritime trade it says is riddled with sanctions evaders.

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted the sanctioned tanker Olina in waters near Venezuela.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired at the end of 2025 in an unexpected rebuke of GOP leadership.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett stopped in downtown Corpus Christi to speak with a crowd of people about health care, the shooting of Renee Good and more.

U.S. hiring stayed weak in Dec., with 50K jobs added and jobless rate dipping to 4.4%, capping a sluggish 2025 despite solid economic growth.

The number of Venezuelans in the U.S. has more than doubled in five years, to about 1.2 million. Here's what we know about this population.

President Donald Trump speaks during a House Republican retreat in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2026. President Donald Trump speaks during a House Republican retreat in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2026.