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The Latest Breaking News from Pete Hegseth

US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four, as Trump accuses Venezuela of taking ‘our oil’

Hegseth announcement comes day after Trump blockades all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela

The Guardian - US

Hegseth Won't Let Us See a Video That Might Undermine Support for Trump's Bloodthirsty Anti-Drug Strategy

The defense secretary claims the video, which shows a second strike that killed two floundering survivors, would compromise "sources and methods."

Reason

AOC Slams Rubio and Hegseth's Briefing On Strikes Against Alleged Drug Vessels: 'It Was a Joke'

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) slammed the briefing given by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the strikes against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.

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‘Not a single piece of intelligence’: AOC reacts angrily to boat strike briefings

Progressive Congresswoman said the briefing about the strikes on the alleged drug boats near Venezuela was ‘not a serious intelligence briefing’

The Independent UK

AOC Slams Rubio, Hegseth For Briefing On Strikes Against Alleged Drug Vessels: 'It Was a Joke'

Latin Times

Trump news at a glance: president ratchets up pressure on Maduro with oil tanker blockade

Trump said US armada ‘will only get bigger’ until Venezuela returns ‘all of the oil, land, and other assets that they previously stole from us’ – key US politics stories from 16 December 2025

The Guardian - US

Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military

The Independent UK

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Pentagon won’t release full video of Caribbean strike that killed two people, Hegseth says

Legal experts have raised concerns US forces may have committed a war crime by killing survivors of initial strike

The Guardian - US

Tech Billionaire Enabling ICE Deportations Calls for Public Hangings To Bring Back 'Masculine Leadership'

Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale sparked outrage by urging public hangings to restore 'masculine leadership', as his firm enables mass deportations under Trump.

International Business Times UK

Hegseth says Pentagon won’t release unedited video of double-tap boat strike

Members of Congress will review the footage but ‘not the general public,’ defense secretary says amid growing scrutiny into attacks

The Independent UK

Hegseth Says Pentagon Will Not Release 'Top Secret' Boat Strike Video to Public, Claims He's 'Proud of What We're Doing'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will not publicly release the unedited video of a controversial second U.S. strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat carried out on Sept. 2

Latin Times

Public won't see Venezuela second strike video: Hegseth

Lawmakers will see it, but the public won't.

Axios

After briefings, lawmakers say boat strike endgame remains hazy - Roll Call

Closed-door briefings Tuesday on the military campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats provided lawmakers with little clarity.

Roll Call

Kelly defiant after Pentagon escalates video investigation - Roll Call

"They don't want other people saying these kinds of things, so they're trying to shut people up," Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said Tuesday.

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The Independent UK

Hegseth is planning massive overhaul of US military commands and shrink presence in Europe: report

The proposal would mark one of the most significant reorganizations of the Pentagon’s senior leadership in decades.

The Conversation

If tried by court-martial, senator accused of ‘seditious behavior’ would be deprived of several constitutional rights

The Department of Defense in late November 2025 announced that it would investigate U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut, for what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has called seditious behavior. The threat of investigation came after Kelly and five other Democrats, all with military backgrounds,…

Latin Times

Death Toll Nears 100 After Three Newest U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats in Caribbean and Pacific

The U.S. military carried out strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing eight people and bringing the total death toll in the campaign to at least 95.

International Business Times

U.S. Has Now Killed At Least 95 People Aboard Alleged Drug Boats After Latest Strikes

The U.S. has now killed at least 95 people aboard alleged drug vessels after a series of three strikes in the eastern Pacific.

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The Guardian - US

Trump’s chief of staff suggests real goal of US boat strikes is to topple Venezuela’s Maduro – as it happened

Susie Wiles says Trump wants to keep ‘blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle’ in a wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair

The Independent UK

US military kills eight people in latest strikes on ‘narco terrorist’ boats in the Pacific

US lawmakers criticised the attacks as ‘rogue and reckless’ and have demanded answers

Euronews

Trump designates fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction

President Trump designated fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction as eight people were killed in the new US strike on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Pacific Ocean, bringing the total death toll to at least 95 since September.

The Independent UK

Trump administration escalates military probe into Democratic Senator Mark Kelly following ‘illegal orders’ video

The Arizona senator and former naval aviator said the Pentagon’s ‘corrupt’ investigation against him ‘should send a shiver down the spine of every patriotic American’

The Guardian - UK

International law on the killing of people who survive an attack at sea

Letters: William Schabas on the conviction of two officers of a German submarine of ‘an offence against the law of nations’ during the first world war

Roll Call

Warner: No reason not to release Sept. 2 strike video - Roll Call

Unreleased video reportedly shows multiple U.S. military strikes on a boat alleged to be carrying drugs near Trinidad.

The Independent UK

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’

Last year, shortly after the U.S. presidential election and amid the shifting national mood, Merriam-Webster chose the word ‘polarization’

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