Seized tanker to be taken to US port, as Venezuela war threats grow

An oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast will be brought to a port in the United States, the White House said on Thursday, as fears mount of open conflict between the two countries.
Washington took control of the tanker in a dramatic raid that saw US forces rope down from a helicopter onto the vessel in an operation that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said was aimed at leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s “regime”.
US President Donald Trump’s administration…