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The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump's military pressure campaign against Venezuela's leader, Nicolás Maduro.
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The White House plans to move the tanker to a US port and seize the oil on board, a move Caracas has labelled as an act of "international piracy".
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María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
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An ABC News analysis of satellite imagery and tracking data shows the oil tanker seized by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela may have manipulated its location data.
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The four pairs of contestants had to make their way more than 3,500 miles through Central America.
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President Trump's failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.
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Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president's wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.
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;Resize=(620)) A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Ábrego García, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The judge ruled that the federal government never secured a formal order for Ábrego García's removal from the United States.
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The atmospheric river over the Pacific Northwest brought a deluge to British Columbia, forcing road closures and evacuations in Canada.
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The Senate failed to advance two competing health care proposals aimed at addressing a spike in costs expected for tens of millions of Americans who receive enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits.
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Ukraine's president says territory and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power remain unresolved issues in a peace plan.
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Russian could attack Nato within five years, Mark Rutte said, warning allies to start ramping up preparations "now".
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The Ukrainian leader rejected the demand, making clear that territorial issues remain unresolved as Ukraine and Europe sent a counterproposal to the United States.
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The native of El Salvador and resident of Maryland has become a symbol of the Trump administration's policy of mass deportations after he was mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador in the spring.
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;Resize=(620)) Walt Disney is investing $1 billion US in OpenAI and will let the startup use characters from Star Wars, Pixar and Marvel franchises in its Sora AI video and image generator, a crucial deal that could reshape how Hollywood makes content.
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The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela's leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.
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Machado won the prize for opposing the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months after a daring escape from her homeland when she emerged from a hotel balcony in Norway's capital.
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Just as this week's floodwaters in the Pacific Northwest begin to recede, forecasters warn, another storm will approach the West Coast.
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A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses. Two people remained unaccounted for, an official said.
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The state Senate in Indiana defeated a plan to redraw the voting map, in a way that could have flipped two House seats. This was despite months of pressure from President Trump.
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Also, Indiana Republicans rejected Trump's redistricting push. Here's the latest at the end of Thursday.
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Under-pressure Liverpool manager Gareth Taylor says his side have had a "real reality check" as their winless start to the Women's Super League season continues.
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Broadcom's stock is near an all-time high and has climbed 75% so far in 2025 as the company benefits from booming demand for AI infrastructure.
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On this week's episode of Sources & Methods, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to correspondents Greg Myre and Eleanor Beardsley about the future of the U.S. alliance with Europe under President Trump.
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The effort appears to be a new phase in the Trump administration's push to oust President Nicolás Maduro.
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Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American "home."
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Republicans resisted the call by President Trump for redistricting. He and the state's Republican governor threatened to back primary challenges against Senators who wouldn't get on board.
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The company has also developed AI models to power its Autonomy subscription, which it intends to roll out early next year for $2,500 up front or $49.99 a month.
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The Senate failed to advance two separate partisan bills to address health care costs for people who buy plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
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The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, upping pressure on Nicolás Maduro's ouster. But Venezuelans are more focused on their day to day.
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;Resize=(620)) Ontario's police watchdog has cleared a Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) officer of wrongdoing in connection with the death of a Deer Lake First Nation man who was shot five times. The decision comes a year after the 40-year-old's father was also shot and killed by police.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang "understands that ... being able to cozy up to Donald Trump might be the most important corporate CEO skill of all," Sen. Warren said.
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Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. "Do not wait," local officials warned residents as they urged them to seek higher ground.
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The number of people in hospital with flu doubles in a week.
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The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area's "lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage," a state health official said.
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The Oscar-winning actress faced criticism over her looks at Netflix's Wednesday FYC event.
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Patrick Rooney's mother, now 88, took legal action against the PSNI over his death.
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NHS England says it's facing a "worst-case scenario" after flu hospital cases jump 55% in a week.
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Officials in Washington have issued an evacuation order as an atmospheric river event has been slamming the Pacific Northwest.
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Critics say Syria's fledgling government is hobbling military preparedness as it redoes the country's forces from scratch.
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Footage shows a military helicopter hovering over a large ship, and troops descending on to the deck using ropes.
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It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement.
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;Resize=(620)) Canada's lead negotiator in trade talks with the U.S. is downplaying signals from the Trump administration that it's considering breaking up the three-way North American free trade agreement into separate deals with Mexico and Canada.
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The agreement will let fans generate videos and images of more than 200 Disney characters.
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A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention.
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Investors have questioned Oracle's AI infrastructure plans and colossal amount of debt.
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María Corina Machado, who spent over a year in hiding in Venezuela, greeted supporters in Oslo, hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in her name.
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The ship has frequently carried oil from countries under U.S. sanctions, and its tracking data shows multiple recent trips to Iran and Venezuela.
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