WASHINGTON (AP) — Leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime, legal experts say. It doesn’t matter whether the U.S. is in “armed ...

A top military lawyer raised concerns over the legality of the Trump administration’s strikes on “drug boats” in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, but was ignored by higher-ups, according to a new ...

Even the top military lawyer for the command overseeing President Donald Trump’s strikes on alleged “drug boats” thought they were illegal—but the Pentagon ignored him. Senior government officials ...

WASHINGTON — The senior military lawyer for the combatant command overseeing lethal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela disagreed with the Trump administration’s position that the ...

Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action. By Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes Reporting from ...

Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner on Wednesday expressed confidence in the intelligence used by the Pentagon to strike alleged drug traffickers in the Pacific Ocean, but he urged the Trump ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued new orders against military officials speaking with Congress about the Trump administration’s military operations in the Caribbean Sea. His new directive, issued ...

The Republican chairman and senior Democrat on the Armed Services Committee said on Friday that the Pentagon had not handed over information about the attacks despite repeated requests. By Megan ...

Oct. 24 (UPI) --The United States attacked a boat allegedly operated by a Venezuelan drug-smuggling operation, killing six people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday. He said the attack ...