Overview
- Attorney General Pam Bondi said the U.S. executed a court‑authorized seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela that was allegedly used to carry sanctioned Venezuelan and Iranian crude, with support from defense and law‑enforcement agencies.
- Radio Liberty reported the vessel as The Skipper, targeted for past sanctions related to illicit oil shipments tied to Iran’s IRGC and Hezbollah, after a Coast Guard boarding launched from the carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
- Kyiv delivered a response to Washington’s latest Ukraine peace proposal, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, as President Trump confirmed recent talks with leaders of France, Germany and the U.K. and said further progress awaits an answer.
- Trump noted disagreements in the Ukraine effort involving “some people” and said discussions with European counterparts were conducted in sharp terms, while European leaders floated a potential meeting with a U.S. delegation and President Zelensky.
- Trump said he will raise selected import tariffs to bolster high‑tech sectors and autos and reiterated plans to extend anti‑narcotics operations to land targets in Latin America after strikes on suspected smuggling boats at sea.