The US seized an empty Russian-flagged, Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday as part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to dictate oil flows in the Americas and force Venezuela’s socialist government to become an ally.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright yesterday said that Washington will control sales of Venezuelan oil “indefinitely,” a day after President Donald Trump announced Venezuela’s interim leaders had agreed to US-managed marketing of 30-50 million barrels of crude.

It says US has maximum leverage over Venezuela's interim authorities

Trump says agreed volume to supply is 30-50 million barrels

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Nicolas Maduro of imitating his dancing, among other crimes, as he celebrated the capture of the Venezuelan leader in a freewheeling speech to Republican lawmakers

Said at a retreat for House Republican lawmakers in Washington

Maduro heckled and cut off in defiant US court appearance

President Trump suggested on Sunday that the United States could take action against other countries after its attack on Venezuela. He threatened Colombia and its president, described Cuba as “ready to fall” and reasserted his desire to take control of Greenland.

Trump said Petro is 'a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States'

Vance said he wasn't home

Maduro in same detention center that housed Ghislaine Maxwell

Flown by helicopter to New York

Sovereignty of all countries must be protected, foreign minister says

President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his claim that Greenland should become part of the United States, despite calls by Denmark's prime minister to stop "threatening" the territory

VP Delcy Rodriguez takes over as interim leader

More than 150 military aircraft were involved

The US president's announcement followed a lightning pre-dawn attack in which commandos grabbed Maduro and his wife while air strikes pounded sites in and around Caracas

Maduro and his wife were flown by helicopter to New York City, where they face drug-trafficking and weapons charges

Military intervention could bring risks in November midterm elections

Here are the highlights of the press conference, in Trump's own words