Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro ordered his navy to escort ships out of port — a brazen challenge to President Trump’s newly declared “blockade” that risks a dangerous showdown with the US on the high seas.

Top Senate Republicans sent a letter asking President Trump to allow Kyiv to purchase American weapons using the roughly $5 billion in frozen Russian funds in the US as the Kremlin resists the White House's peace plan to end the Ukraine war.

“The whole world expected the Soviets to win — unless the ice melted,” President Trump said, recounting the overwhelming odds facing the US' 1980 hockey team against the Soviets who hadn’t lost an Olympic game since 1968 and was coming off four straight gold medal wins.

“According to three people who either spent time with her or talked to her, Olivia was in the best mood they’d seen in weeks,” Lizza wrote.

The Navy is making a massive bet on cutting-edge technology to modernize its fleet, pumping $448 million into AI and autonomous systems to supercharge shipbuilding efforts.

“We’re a little bit successful. We’re somewhat successful,” the Tesla founder said when asked if DOGE achieved what he’d hoped.

President Trump launched his new affordability-focused roadshow Tuesday in northeastern Pennsylvania — the first stop on a high-stakes messaging blitz meant to steady the White House after Republicans suffered a bruising off-year election cycle in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City.

The approach will be a shift from prior administrations' strategies, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said.