49 h. ago U.S. strike kills 4 on vessel accused of carrying drugs: Hegseth

It’s the fourth deadly strike in the Caribbean and the latest since President Donald Trump told U.S. lawmakers he was treating drug traffickers as unlawful combatants.

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1 week ago Family sues American Airlines over deadly crash near National Airport

The family of one of the people who died in the fatal collision of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington is suing the carrier and its subsidiary PSA Airlines, alleging the parties failed to implement policies and procedures that could have prevented the crash. The first federal lawsuit […]

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2 w. ago Trump says U.S. carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month. Trump in a social media posting said the strike killed three and was carried out against a vessel “affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area […]

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2 w. ago U.S. hit second boat said to be carrying drugs from Venezuela: Trump

Trump ordered the strike about two weeks after the U.S. military said it killed 11 people in an attack on a boat that was also allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela

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2 w. ago U.S. targeted another boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela: Trump

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel, and hinted that the military targeting of cartels could be further expanded. “The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics (A DEADLY […]

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2 w. ago Trump says U.S. struck 2nd ship allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela

U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that three people aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, which came two weeks after a similar strike killed 11.

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3 w. ago Vessel struck by U.S. military off Venezuela was heading to shore, sources say

WASHINGTON– The U.S. military strike on what the Trump administration says was a drug-carrying speedboat from Venezuela came after the vessel had turned around and was heading back to shore, raising fresh questions as members of Congress are demanding more information about the provocative attack. National security officials acknowledged during a closed briefing this week […]

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