@Southcom / X screen shotBreaking BREAKING: U.S. Seizes Second Venezeula-Linked Oil Tanker Wednesday Morning The ship was traveling as part of a fleet carrying Venezuelan oil to China while operating in “dark mode” with its transponder turned off. By Johnathan Jones January 7, 2026
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds - AFP / Getty Images Developing: Trump Announces New 'Trump Class' Battleships, Bigger Than Any Previous Battleships in US History "The Trump-class Battleship will be the first-ever guided missile battleship with the ability to deploy with nuclear... missiles." By Jack Davis December 23, 2025
Alejandro Paredes - AFP / Getty Images US Seizes Another Venezuela Tanker as Tensions Escalate The Trump administration shows Venezuela that its blockade of oil leaving the nation has teeth as it seizes a second tanker. By Jack Davis December 23, 2025
Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesBreaking Breaking: Trump Orders 'Largest Armada Ever Assembled in the History of South America' to Blockade Venezuela "America will not allow Criminals, Terrorists, or other Countries, to rob, threaten, or harm our Nation," Trump said on social media. By C. Douglas Golden December 16, 2025
Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Admiral Tells Congress He Had a Good Reason for Ordering Second Strike on Drug Boat Admiral Frank Bradley told members of Congress during a Thursday briefing that the second strike on a drug smuggler's boat was justified. By Randy DeSoto December 4, 2025
AP Photo / Ariana Cubillos Trump Confirms US Stranglehold Over Venezuelan Airspace: 'Closed in Its Entirety' Trump addressed his call for an aerial blockade to “Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers,” rather than to Maduro. By The Associated Press December 1, 2025
Smith Collection - Gado / Getty Images Navy Sailor Makes Ultimate Sacrifice Saving Children from Dangerous Hawaiian Surf The swimmer, identified 47-year-old Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Diaz, went into the water to save two children. By Johnathan Jones November 27, 2025
Lee Jin-Man - pool - AFP / Getty Images; @SenMarkKelly / X screen shotCommentary Pete Hegseth Torches Sen. Mark Kelly After Spotting a Problem with His Uniform Hegseth's rebuke of Kelly, coupled with the War Secretary's follow-up post, hinted that a prominent Democrat might finally face consequences. By Michael Schwarz November 25, 2025
@SenatorSlotkin / X screen shotCommentary Democrats Accused of Encouraging 'Military Coup' with Coordinated Message to Armed Services Personnel Six Democrats spoke directly to military service members and intelligence professionals in a deranged video that smacked of "treason." By Michael Schwarz November 18, 2025
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Report: The 'Table Is Being Set' for US Military Strike in Venezuela President Donald Trump has been given options for using the vast military might that has descended upon Venezuela and its drug cartels. By Jack Davis November 17, 2025