White House says those onboard tanker are being interviewed and US ‘does intend to seize oil’ – US politics live

Karoline Leavitt says seizure of oil tanker off coast of Venezuela was about enforcing ‘administration’s sanction policy’Pressure on Maduro grows after US seizes ‘dark fleet’ tanker off coast of VenezuelaChris Van Hollen, the Democratic senator from Maryland, was among the lawmakers speaking out against the Trump administration and its actions around Venezuela, taking to the senate floor on Wednesday to call on Congress to block Donald Trump from “using taxpayer dollars to launch a regime change war”.“Last time I checked, the constitution of the United States gives Congress – this body – the power to decide questions of war or peace,” he said. Continue reading...