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Friday, January 9, 2026 ■ Today's Top News US Oil Piracy Continues as Fifth Tanker Tied to Venezuela Seized The US has purloined over $300 million of oil in a month while enforcing a blockade, which UN experts say has "seriously undermined the human rights of the Venezuelan people." By Stephen Prager As President Donald Trump geared up for a meeting with fossil fuel executives about plans for them to tap into the “tremendous wealth” of Venezuela’s vast oil supply, the US military seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean off the coast of Trinidad on Friday morning. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted unclassified footage from US Southern Command of explosives being deployed and soldiers boarding the vessel Olina on social media . RECOMMENDED... Fears of Wider War Over Venezuela Oil as US Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker ‘Outright Piracy’: Russia Decries US Seizure of Oil Tanke...