The administration said U.S. strikes on boats were lawful because President Trump had “determined” that the United States is in a formal armed conflict with drug cartels.
A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.
A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.
The carrier’s arrival bolsters the extensive deployment of American forces in the region. Britain has ceased sharing some intelligence with the United States because of concerns over boat strikes.
The Trump administration cut short the deployment to the Mediterranean of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, to rush it to the Caribbean.
The Gerald R. Ford, the United States’ largest and newest aircraft carrier, anchored in the Bay of Palma in Spain last month. It is set to arrive in the Caribbean as soon as this week.
President Trump has yet to make a decision, but his advisers are pressing a range of objectives — from attacking drug cartels to seizing oil fields — to try to justify ousting Nicolás Maduro.
President Trump has yet to make a decision, but his advisers are pressing a range of objectives — from attacking drug cartels to seizing oil fields — to try to justify ousting Nicolás Maduro.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivering remarks during an event at the Pentagon last month. Mr. Hegseth said that the latest strikes — three of them — took place in international waters and that there had been one survivor.
Colombian soldiers patrolling the jungle for cocaine labs. Colombia is the latest Latin American country to end up in Mr. Trump’s cross hairs because of what he and his top aides perceive as ideological chasms.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, shown on Monday, announced on Friday that six people were killed by the U.S. military in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea.
The Trump administration announced a second strike outside the Caribbean, in a campaign against what U.S. officials say are boats carrying drugs bound for the United States.
U.S. troops riding an amphibious supply vehicle during a training exercise in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, last week. The military has been expanding its presence in the Caribbean region.
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