A top US Navy commander has ordered a second round of military strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, the White House has confirmed. “Admiral (Frank) Bradley acted well within his authority and the law” to order the additional strikes, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. Leavitt said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized … Read more
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly gave a verbal order to leave no survivors behind as the Donald Trump administration launched the first of more than a dozen attacks on alleged drug boats that have killed more than 80 people over the past three months. On September 2, US military personnel fired a missile that hit … Read more
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) slammed President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday afternoon, saying they are trying to “intimidate” him by having the FBI interview him and five other Democratic lawmakers who have urged military members to “reject illegal orders.” Punchbowl News a journalist Andrew Desire reported that Kelly’s office had … Read more
Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) fired back at the Trump administration and the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday after the Pentagon announced it would be launching an investigation into whether Kelly, a retired Navy captain, is guilty of misconduct after appearing in a video urging members of the military and intelligence community not to … Read more