For months, legal experts and members of Congress have questioned the legality of President Donald Trump’s military campaign against alleged narco-terrorists off Venezuela and Colombia. A new blockade on oil tankers compounded those concerns.

Oil futures picked up from four sessions of losses after President Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned tankers entering or leaving Venezuela.

Trump is continuing to ratchet up pressure on Venezuela, after US military forces seized an oil tanker off the country's coast. What to know.

The recent seizure of an oil tanker known as Skipper by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela marks a dramatic escalation of President Donald Trump’s campaign to choke off Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s access to oil revenues.

The oil tanker was carrying sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela to Cuba. Venezuelan government accused the U.S. of seeking control over their natural resources. The seizure comes as the U.S. has significantly increased military presence in the Caribbean against Venezuela.

President Donald Trump's "America First" supporters don't appear to be breaking with him on Venezuela, but analysts say following through on land strikes could change that.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

They were really close,” one of the pilots told controllers of the encounter at approximately 26,000 feet. “We were climbing right into him.”