A new wave of immigration enforcement is dividing families inside the U.S. Federal officials and their local law enforcement partners are detaining tens of thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants.

The U.S. seized an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast after a monthslong buildup of military forces in the region.

President Donald Trump confirmed today that the US has taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. Follow for live updates.

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday reported that 2.5 million illegal immigrants have left the United States as deportations rise.

(Corrects to show that the nominations were advanced, not confirmed, in headline and paragraphs 1, 3-4, 7) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday advanced the nominations of dozens of President Donald Trump's picks for government positions,

The president has also lost support among men, particularly white, college-educated men. Among them, his approval rating has dropped to 40 percent, down from 47 percent in June, according polling from Fox News. Exit polls suggest Mr. Trump won 50 percent of college-educated white men in November last year.

Judge Boasberg is presiding over a revived contempt inquiry, which brings to the fore long-simmering tensions between senior Trump officials and lawyers for hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.

By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Marianna Parraga WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday,

The U.S. ‌government ​carried out its seizure ‌of the M/T Skipper off the coast of Venezuela ​on Wednesday just as a judge-signed warrant was set to expire, according to ‍the document which was ​unsealed on Friday.