‘This regime gets giddy about violence. It's sick,’ one social media user wrote Events
The deadly hit was the second such manoeuvre in the area in as many weeks Events
Attack is latest in a series of aggressive moves against Venezuela by the Trump administration Events
Rand Paul blasts ‘thoughtless’ comment after vice-president defends strike against alleged drug traffickersThe Republican senator who heads the homeland security committee has criticized JD Vance for “despicable” comments apparently in support of extrajudicial military killings.“Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military,” the vice-president said in an X post on Saturday, in defense of Tuesday’s US military strike against a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean Sea, which killed 11 people the administration alleged were drug traffickers. Continue reading... Politics
Rand Paul decries ‘thoughtless’ comment after vice-president defends strike against alleged drug traffickersThe Republican senator who heads the homeland security committee has criticized JD Vance for “despicable” comments apparently in support of extrajudicial military killings.“Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military,” the vice-president said in an X post on Saturday, in defense of Tuesday’s US military strike against a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean Sea, which killed 11 people the administration alleged were drug traffickers. Continue reading... Politics
The Secretary of Defense says ‘defense of the American people alone’ gives the administration authority Events
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is wrapping up a brief trip to Latin America with a stop in Ecuador Events