US forces are attempting to seize an oil tanker that fled America’s blockade of sanctioned vessels near Venezuela and is being escorted by a Russian submarine in the eastern Atlantic. https://www.wsj.com/world/u-s-forces-launch-operation-to-seize-fleeing-oil-tanker-0d6443ab?st=crtxCJ&reflink=article_copyURL_share

President Trump is considering using military force to acquire Greenland, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tells CNBC.

CNBC

Trump weighs using U.S. military to acquire Greenland: White House

President Donald Trump is considering "a range of options" in order to acquire Greenland, including "utilizing the U.S. Military," the White House ...

The Hampton Inn Lakeville Minneapolis has been kicked out of the Hilton chain after a conservative commentator visited the hotel this morning and attempted to book accommodations posing as a DHS representative — a day after the property refused accommodations for federal immigration agents.

The Guardian - At least 14 journalists and media employees, all but one members of international media organizations, were detained in Caracas on Monday.

the Guardian

Venezuela detains journalists and seizes communication devices after Maduro’s removal

Thirteen of those detained were released according to the country’s National Union of Press Workers

VP Vance requests the media not show “images of our home with holes in the windows” after his Cincinnati residence was vandalized by “a crazy person.”

WLWT

JD Vance shares statement on vandalism at home, says 'crazy person tried to break in'

Vice President JD Vance is speaking out after a man was arrested, accused of breaking windows at his Cincinnati home.

Oxford (Mississippi) School District students will be granted an excused absence Thursday and Friday if they’re attending the Miami vs Ole Miss semifinal CFP Fiesta Bowl game in Arizona.

DHS publicly accusing Hilton of a coordinated campaign in Minneapolis to refuse service to its law enforcement officers, alleging that when attempts were made to book rooms using official government emails and rates, the hotel chain "maliciously cancelled their reservations."

The recently revived McDonald’s McRib sandwich apparently does not contain any pork rib meat.

McDonald’s releases statement after lawsuit about McRib – NBC New York

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who has been sworn in as president of Venezuela, and the US expects she will be cooperative with the American takeover of the country, according to President Trump.

Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro is now a "deposed dictator," says President Trump.