U.S. forces are attempting to board Russian-flagged oil tanker in dramatic North Atlantic operation targeting sanctioned Venezuelan oil shipments.

The United States had been chasing the oil tanker, formerly known as the Bella 1, since it evaded a partial US blockade around Venezuela and thwarted an attempt by the US Coast Guard to board it late last month.

He said that the raised budget would secure the country during "very troubled and dangerous times."

Denmark and its NATO allies pushed back Tuesday after Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller claimed the U.S. has a right to Greenland and did not rule out use of American military force to seize it.

The lightning U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro can be seen as both a benefit and a burden for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces botched an attempt to capture Ukraine’s capital and topple its leader at the start of Moscow's invasion nearly four years ago.

The tanker, originally called Bella 1, evaded a US naval blockade of sanctioned vessels near Venezuela last month.

There have been times in the past couple of decades when people have wondered what US defense spending is for.

Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine provides details about the high-stakes military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that was planned for months.

President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American co

Delta Force is one of the US Army’s most elite units—a team used for high-profile insertion missions, most often at night.