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Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews into U.S. military strikes on vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, following a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly issued a verbal order directing U.S. forces to kill all survivors of a …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced the latest in a series of U.S. military strikes on boats accused of ferrying narcotics, saying six people were killed in dual attacks on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The Pentagon said the Sunday strikes bring the total number of known attacks …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to move to the Caribbean to support President Donald Trump’s campaign to “dismantle transnational criminal organizations” and “counter narco-terrorism,” the Pentagon said Saturday. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the move on X, saying the carrier’s deployment will …

The U.S. military launched a second lethal strike this week against what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said were vessels engaged in drug trafficking operations in the eastern Pacific, marking an escalation of President Donald Trump’s campaign against alleged “narco-terrorists.” In a statement Wednesday night, Hegseth said three men were killed …