Congressional Lawmakers Hear From Retiring Navy Admiral Overseeing Boat Strikes The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near...
Trump Says Survivors of Scrutinized US Strike Were Trying to Right Boat Before 2nd Missile Was Fired President Donald Trump is justifying the U.S. military's decision to fire a second missile in a heavily scrutinized U.S...
From Denial to Defiance: Hegseth and the Fallout of the Venezuelan Boat 'Double-Tap' The U.S. killed two unarmed survivors of a Venezuelan drug smuggling boat after an initial airstrike left them shipwrecked in...
A Timeline of the US Military's Buildup Near Venezuela and Attacks on Alleged Drug Boats Here is a timeline of the U.S. military actions, concerns among some lawmakers and the response in Venezuela.
Why Many Mexicans Welcome Us Strikes on Drug Cartels Despite Sovereignty Concerns Slightly more than half of Mexicans surveyed by polling firm Mitofsky said they believe “U.S. authorities should enter...
Family of Colombian Man Killed in US Strike in the Caribbean Files Human Rights Challenge The family of a Colombian man has filed a formal challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats.
Hegseth Cites ‘Fog of War’ in Defending Follow-on Strike in Scrutinized Attack on Alleged Drug Boat Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the...
White House Says Admiral Ordered Follow-on Strike on Alleged Drug Boat, Insists Attack Was Lawful The White House says that a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists...
How Trump, Rubio and Others Are Using Social Media to Sell Venezuela Actions U.S. officials’ messaging about the country this year has dovetailed with the administration’s shifting policy priorities, a...
Lawmakers Voice Support for Congressional Reviews of Trump’s Military Strikes on Boats Lawmakers from both parties say they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
