They came as the commander who launched the strike headed to brief lawmakers. New details emerged Wednesday about the second strike by the U.S. military on an alleged drug smuggling boat on Sept. 2 ...

A high-ranking U.S. Navy admiral who oversaw the “double tap” strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean told lawmakers Thursday morning that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not order the ...

Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues. news analysis Bipartisan congressional oversight is ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended the US military’s controversial strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, insisting the operations have saved thousands of American lives even as ...

Navy Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley will head to Capitol Hill on Thursday to brief senior lawmakers on the Trump administration’s controversial strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the ...

The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean — at the center of a controversy involving Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth — four times during a Sept. 2 attack, according ...

Reports emerged later that two survivors were killed after the initial strike. When President Donald Trump and Defense officials revealed on Sept. 2 that the U.S. military killed 11 alleged drug ...

James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. The U.S. military's early ...

Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two ...

The military has released 21 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs. But they tell only part of the story. A compilation of videos released by the U.S. military between ...

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the deeper meaning behind the Trump administration’s military buildup in the Caribbean, as the top U.S. general visits troops in Puerto Rico on Monday. ...