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In our news wrap Sunday, lawmakers shared different interpretations of the contentious second U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean after Hegseth defended the action, Russia bombarded Ukraine with overnight attacks as negotiators seek to the end the war,
A deep look at Donald Trump’s controversial campaign of blowing up suspected drug-smuggling boats. What’s happened, global reactions, legal concerns and what comes next.
Hegseth has denied issuing a “kill everybody” instruction for the Sept. 2 strikes, and during the briefing on Capitol Hill, Adm. Bradley also vehemently denied that Hegseth ordered his subordinates to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel.
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Opinion: Forget Hegseth — are Trump and Congress culpable in the disputed boat attack?
Trump's policy on dealing with Venezuelan drug smugglers appears to have as many holes as the boats it has been sinking.
NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are weighing in on some high-profile military action involving local sailors as the action comes under new scrutiny. That action is an attack discussed in a group chat and the ongoing attacks on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are voicing concerns over a recent report from the Washington Post, regarding a follow-up strike on September 2nd.
The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral acted "within his authority and the law" when he ordered a second, follow-up strike on a reported drug boat in the Caribbean Sea in a September U.S. military operation that has come under bipartisan scrutiny.
The USS Sampson, a U.S. Navy missile destroyer, docks in Panama City, Panama, on Sept. 2. The deployment comes amid a broader U.S. Naval presence in Caribbean waters following President Donald Trump's order last month to take action against Latin American ...
The U.S. military carried out a strike against an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel boat Thursday in international waters in the Caribbean, and for the first time there were survivors, according to a U.S. official. The strike is at least the fifth carried out ...
In an era of hypersonic missiles, stealth fighters, and nuclear subs, it’s hard to picture sailors going toe-to-toe with the enemy on a ship’s deck. Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new destroyer escort, USS Buckley, did just that by ...
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