White House throws admiral under the bus in killing alleged drug boat survivors

White House throws admiral under the bus in killing alleged drug boat survivors

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a briefing at the U.S. Capitol with congressional leaders and Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding military strikes against suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean, November 5, 2025. Tom Williams via Getty Images WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday shifted the blame for the killing of survivors of … Read more

Experts explain what the law says about killing boating survivors

Experts explain what the law says about killing boating survivors

WASHINGTON (AP) — The second strike on survivors of an initial attack on a suspected drug boat may have been murder, legal experts say. It doesn’t matter if the US is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels, as the Trump administration claims. Such a fatal attack would have violated peacetime laws and those governing armed … Read more

Trump says he wants to “permanently stop” migration to the US from poorer countries

Trump says he wants to “permanently stop” migration to the US from poorer countries

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he wants to “stop migration for good” from poorer countries and vows to try to deport millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status. He blames immigrants for problems from crime to the housing shortage as part of America’s “social dysfunction” … Read more

Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order destroyed after Hegseth’s verbal order to ‘kill everybody’: report

Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order destroyed after Hegseth’s verbal order to ‘kill everybody’: report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly gave a verbal order to leave no survivors behind as Donald Trump’s administration launched the first of more than a dozen raids on suspected drug-trafficking boats that have killed more than 80 people in the past three months. On September 2, US military personnel fired a missile at a Caribbean … Read more