Trump administration sued for more than two deaths in boat attack off Venezuela coast

Trump administration sued for more than two deaths in boat attack off Venezuela coast

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Family members of two men killed in a U.S. missile attack on a suspected drug boat near Venezuela filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging the pair were killed in a “manifestly illegal” military campaign targeting civilian vessels. Civil rights lawyers filed the lawsuit in federal court … Read more

White House says admiral ordered follow-up strike on alleged drug boat, insists strike was legal

White House says admiral ordered follow-up strike on alleged drug boat, insists strike was legal

The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral acted “within his authority and the law” when he ordered a second follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea in a US military operation in September that came under bipartisan scrutiny. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered the justification for the … Read more