2 h. ago Trump caps week with bold military moves from Pentagon name change to cartel crackdown

President Donald Trump signs executive order to rename Department of Defense to Department of War and announces military strike against Venezuelan drug boat that killed 11 suspects.

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36 h. ago 'Highly provocative': Venezuelan military aircraft flew near US Navy vessel, DOD says

The Pentagon said two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel on Thursday in international waters in a "highly provocative move." In a statement posted on the social media platform X on Thursday night, the Defense Department wrote the move "was designed to interfere with our counter narco-terror operations." CBS News reported earlier on Thursday that two armed Venezuelan F-16 fighters flew over the USS Jason Dunham in what U.S. officials believed was a show of force.  The move came after President Donald Trump announced earlier this week he had ordered U.S. military forces to strike a vessel in the Caribbean Sea that he said was carrying suspected Tren de Aragua drug smugglers, killing 11 people. The statement from the Pentagon on Thursday went on to say: "The cartel running Venezuela is strongly advised not to pursue any further effort to obstruct, deter or interfere with counter-narcotics and counter-terror operations carried out by ...

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41 h. ago U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smugglers spark legal and diplomatic concerns

U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smugglers spark legal and diplomatic concerns  PBS

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44 h. ago Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.

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63 h. ago Trump ordered strike on suspected drug boat to send a message, Rubio says

Trump ordered strike on suspected drug boat to send a message, Rubio says  The Washington Post

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65 h. ago ‘Will happen again’: Rubio hints at more US strikes against drug smugglers

‘Will happen again’: Rubio hints at more US strikes against drug smugglers  Al Jazeera

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65 h. ago US will bomb more vessels suspected of drug smuggling, Rubio says

US will bomb more vessels suspected of drug smuggling, Rubio says  Al Jazeera

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66 h. ago Trump touts US strike as Maduro slams military ‘threat’ off Venezuela

President Donald Trump praised a U.S. military strike that killed 11 suspected Tren de Aragua narco-terrorists on a drug-laden Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean.

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67 h. ago Rubio says US military strikes on drug smugglers ‘will happen again’

Rubio says US military strikes on drug smugglers ‘will happen again’  Military Times

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3 d. ago VIDEO: U.S. Military Strikes Suspected Drug Vessel as Warships Gather in the Caribbean

VIDEO: U.S. Military Strikes Suspected Drug Vessel as Warships Gather in the Caribbean  USNI News

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3 d. ago Video shows US military blasting drug boat, killing 11 suspected Venezuelan Tren de Aragua narco

Video shows US military blasting drug boat, killing 11 suspected Venezuelan Tren de Aragua narco-terrorists  Fox News

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7 d. ago Suspected Cincinnati beating 'coordinator' granted bond again after federal drug arrest

A federal judge granted bond to Jermaine Mathews, described by authorities as a coordinator in Cincinnati's viral downtown beating, despite new drug charges.

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1 week ago Cincinnati beatdown suspect indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges

A federal indictment charges Jermaine Mathews with fentanyl trafficking after his alleged role in viral Cincinnati downtown assault that occurred in July.

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1 week ago Multiple suspected drug traffickers associated with Sinaloa cartel indicted in Seattle

Multiple suspected drug traffickers associated with Sinaloa cartel indicted in Seattle  KOMO

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3 w. ago Bondi announces nearly 200 arrests 'and counting' as federal agents swarm nation's capital

Nearly 200 arrests made in Washington D.C. including homicide suspects and drug traffickers after Trump federalized Metropolitan Police Department.

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3 w. ago Indian Illegal Alien Sex, Labor, Drug Trafficking Ring Busted by Feds in Nebraska

Federal authorities in Nebraska carried out a series of raids, leading to the arrest of a group of Indian nationals who were allegedly engaged in an elaborate scheme involving sex, labor, and drug trafficking. In addition to multiple businesses owned by the suspected traffickers in Nebraska, the scheme also involved companies in Georgia and Texas. The post Indian Illegal Alien Sex, Labor, Drug Trafficking Ring Busted by Feds in Nebraska appeared first on Breitbart.

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