The White House will hold a meeting on Venezuela as President Donald Trump confirmed speaking with President Nicolás Maduro amid escalating tensions.

The vessel, known as "The Skipper," was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard and other U.S. agencies on Wednesday. It was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2022. According to a 2022 Treasury Department notice, the tanker was one of several vessels used for illicit oil shipments by a Gulf-based businessman named Viktor Artemov.

President Trump has not clearly called for regime change in Venezuela as Chief of Staff Susie Wiles says he's in an anti-war mood this term.

The Trump administration announced new sanctions against Venezuela. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports. Cassie and her husband, Alex Fine, got married in August 2019 and welcomed their third child in May 2025

President Donald Trump hosted a White House meeting Monday evening to discuss Venezuela and the country's leader amid strikes on alleged drug boats.

President Trump has not ruled out US attacks on land against Venezuela as Trump convenes a White House meeting with his national security team.

According to two U.S. officials, the Trump administration plans to hold the oil tanker it seized in waters near Venezuela at an American port in Texas but release the crew once the vessel docks. NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor details what else the White House is saying.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirms U.S. plans to seize oil from Venezuelan tanker captured off Venezuela's coast on Wednesday.

The White House defended a U.S. admiral's decision to conduct multiple strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessel in September, saying he had Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's authorization,