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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says the US has struck a dock in Venezuela where he says drugs were being loaded onto boats. He also says he recently spoke with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. This comes as the the U.S. has amped up aggression towards Venezuela. NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports.
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President Trump was about to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he confirmed to reporters that the U.S. had, quote, hit a Venezuelan dock.
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There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs. They load the boats up with drugs. So we hit all the boats.
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Trump did not provide further detail, but such a strike likely indicates an escalation in aggression toward Venezuela. In recent weeks, Trump announced a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers coming in and out of Venezuela. And the US has struck multiple boats off the coast of the South American country alleging that they're carrying drugs. More than 100 people have been killed in those attacks. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says federal officials are conducting a fraud investigation. In Minneapolis, Noem posted a video showing DHS officers going into an unidentified business and questioning the person working behind the counter. Noem says officers were, quote, conducting a massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud. The Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota in recent weeks. There's been a big increase in the rates of pregnant women developing diabetes. As NPR's Ping Huang reports, it's jumped by nearly 40% in the past decade.
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Around 8% of pregnant women in the U.S. get gestational diabetes. It's a health problem that's risen consistently over the past 10 years. That's according to an analysis of more than 12 million births led by scientists at Northwestern University and published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. The researchers say the rise is likely related to worsening health in young people who are eating less healthfully and getting less exercise. In pregnancy, certain hormones can lead to a rise in blood sugar, causing gestational diabetes, which poses risks to the mother and child if it's not managed. While this type of diabetes usually resolves after giving birth, it has been linked with developing diabetes and cardiovascular problems later in life. Ping Huang, NPR News.