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The state's land commission would seek to block the transport of oil and natural gas from any offshore leases on the West Coast. Photo: State Lands Commission via AP
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson spent much of his tour of Latin American capitals ratcheting up threats against Venezuela -- warning that Washington may move to shut off purchases of the socialist government's oil and even suggesting that the Trump administration would have no problem with a military coup in Caracas.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a joint press conference with Colombia's President Juan Manuel after they met at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Photo: Fernando Vergara/AP
Sen. Sheldon Whitehuse said Wednesday that even though Russia should be punished for their actions in the 2016 elections he agrees the two countries need to try and work together.
In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017, file photo, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: Carolyn Kaster, AP Files
A B-52 releases a test version of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in 2009. Photo: Department of Defense
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has by no means backed off her push to fulfill President Donald Trump’s promise to inject $20 billion into expanded private education options for kids. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
It’s not the first time the U.S. military has targeted pro-Assad forces in Syria in self-defense, even though its primary mission in the country is to defeat the Islamic State. | Joseph Eid/Getty Images
