Whatever the congressional committees looking into the Sept. 2 strike determine, Democrats and some Republicans are questioning the legality of the overall mission.

The president touted the strikes and the effort to combat drug trafficking, saying the number of deaths are "way down" in the U.S. due in part to the strikes on alleged drug boats. He said the ...

President Trump hosted a Cabinet meeting at the White House Tuesday morning as the administration responds to war crime allegations against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth related to strikes on alleged ...

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday sought to distance themselves from the decision to launch a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, insisting ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has continued to back Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the face of escalating criticism over a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat that his Pentagon chief ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who both gloated about the killing of alleged drug smugglers back when it happened, on Wednesday continued blaming a Navy ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump and his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are each backing the decision to take a second strike on survivors - after an initial military strike on a suspected ...

Trump Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth bragged on Fox News that he watched, in real time, the controversial boat strike that he is now distancing himself from after the revelation that two survivors ...

Republican Matt Van Epps won a closely watched special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, beating back a competitive challenge from Democrat Aftyn Behn. The race was seen ...

At the end of the meeting, both men addressed a Washington Post report that said the military launched a follow-up strike on Sept. 2 that killed two survivors of an initial attack. White House press ...