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 September U.S. mil...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing fury online after he attempted to make light of U.S. military assaults on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean.

The reported September incident has sparked bipartisan calls for answers, with some lawmakers labeling it a potential war crime.

Leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime, legal experts say. It doesn’t matter whether the U.S. is in "armed conflict" with drug cartels as the Trump administration asserts.