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President Donald Trump told reporters the U.S. military seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The move comes as his administration continues to escalate the U.S. military presence in the region. 

The Federal Reserve announced it is cutting interest rates for the third time this year. The rate-setting meeting in Washington took place in the fog of a data blackout, the result of the prolonged federal government shutdown this fall.

The Republican lawmaker, a Trump ally, says during a congressional hearing he is 'not afraid' to be called Islamophobic.

The seizure is set to escalate tensions between the US and Venezuela, both of which have surged military assets nearby.

Experts suggest humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, scientists say.