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The Latest: Hegseth tells congressional leaders he is weighing release of boat strike video

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that legal experts said may have been a war crime or murder, awakening the Republican-controlled Congress to its oversight role

The Independent UK

Right-wing pundit claims that Americans don’t care about Hegseth’s possible ‘war crimes’

Ben Shapiro, a longtime conservative media personality, accused Democrats of using the boat strike report as a ‘distraction’

The Independent UK

Democratic Rep. Urges DOJ To Open a War Crimes Investigation On Double-Tap Attack Against Alleged Drug Vessel: 'No Statute Of Limitations'

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu urged the Department of Justice to open a war crimes investigation regarding the double-tap attack against an alleged drug vessel in September, noting that "if the Trump DOJ does not investigate, a future Administration will because there is no statute of limitations" for such crimes.

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Jimmy Kimmel on Pete Hegseth, ‘our secretary of war crimes’

Late-night hosts discussed outrage over Hegseth’s authorization of extrajudicial killings near Venezuela and Trump’s cabinet meeting naps

The Guardian - US

Pete Hegseth tried to turn his alleged war crimes into a meme and it’s only landing him in more trouble

New reports have alleged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth committed war crimes while carrying out Caribbean boat strikes. His response? Turn it into a meme.

The Mary Sue

MAGA Loyalist Megyn Kelly Defends War Crimes, Says She Wants To See Victims 'Suffer'

Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly has publicly welcomed gruesome violence against alleged drug boat traffickers following a controversial US military strike.

International Business Times UK

‘War criminal’ Pete Hegseth faces growing criticism from conservatives over ‘kill everybody’ strike

‘This is an act of a war crime, ordering survivors who the law requires be rescued instead to be murdered,’ Andrew Napolitano, a former Fox News colleague of Hegseth’s, said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

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'SSecretary Of War': Typo at Trump Meeting Spurs 'Nazi Connection' Accusations

Pete Hegseth faces backlash after an 'SS' typo on his placard sparks Nazi comparisons, while simultaneously defending controversial airstrikes amid war crime accusations.

International Business Times UK

Russia's push for war crimes immunity 'cannot be accepted,’ freed Ukrainian POW tells Euronews

Ukrainian journalist and one of the country's most prominent human rights activists, Maksym Butkevych, spent more than two years in Russian captivity. He told Euronews Moscow is deliberately trying to avoid inevitable responsibility.

Euronews

Military on edge over Pete Hegseth ‘kill them all’ war crimes crisis, highest-ranking officer ‘disappears’ from public eye

Are Hegseth's orders leaving officers open to criminal charges?

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Hegseth keeps target on Navy man over lethal ‘narco boat’ strikes with eight-word retort to claim he tossed admiral under bus

The Trump administration appears to be scapegoating a decorated Navy SEAL commander in order to insulate the ‘Secretary of War’ as questions mount over whether US forces committed a war crime

The Independent UK

Venezuela Strike: Was Admiral Bradley a Pawn — or Instigator of a War Crime?

Admiral Bradley faces war crime allegations after ordering a lethal strike on shipwrecked men, exposing tensions between US policy and international law.

International Business Times UK

Is Economic Anxiety Driving People to Socialism?

Plus: War crime allegations against Hegseth, Congress threatens the legal hemp industry, and reflections on the legacy of Tom Stoppard

Reason

Democratic Senator Says 'It's Very Possible There Was a War Crime Committed' in September Drug-Boat Strike

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said that "it's very possible there was a war crime committed" in the Trump administration's first strike against a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea in September.

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The Independent UK

Facing war crimes allegations, Pete Hegseth posts AI image of Franklin the Turtle firing missiles at drug boats

Publisher condemns ‘denigrating’ images as Trump’s lethal campaign faces growing legal scrutiny

International Business Times UK

Hegseth Mocks Possible War Crimes Using Children's Cartoon 'Franklin The Turtle'

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's mocking 'Franklin the Turtle' post amid allegations of a 'kill-everybody' boat strike has sparked outrage.

The Independent UK

White House defends Hegseth’s ‘legal’ Venezuela drug boat strikes

Congress has opened inquiries into the reported ‘double tap strike’ on the alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean

The Independent UK

Mark Kelly says Pete Hegseth reported ‘double-tap strike ‘ on alleged drug boat ‘seems’ to be a war crime

Former Navy captain, Democratic senator who urged military members to refuse illegal orders says ‘double-tap’ strike ‘seems to’ be a war crime, if reports are accurate

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Reason

McCarthy: "'We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal' Is Not a Defense"

NRO's Andrew McCarthy on why strike on defenseless survivors of strike on drug boat was "at best, a war crime under federal law."

International Business Times UK

House Armed Services Committee Announces Investigation Into Hegseth's Possible War Crimes

The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has opened a formal investigation into allegations that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered lethal strikes on drug-smuggling boats, including directives to kill survivors

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Trump and his Secretary might be committing war crimes, but if you close your eyes and yell ‘fake news’ loud enough, accountability disappears

"Americans will be prosecuted for this," says a House Representative.

Latin Times

Democratic Rep. Says Pete Hegseth May Have Committed War Crimes With Reported Order To Finish Off Survivors Of Vessel Strike

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have committed a war crime if a report claiming that survivors of a strike against an alleged drug vessels were finished off with a second attack.

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Israeli soldiers caught on video executing surrendered Palestinians, minister praises them, says they ‘acted exactly as expected’

Inarguably a war crime.

The Independent UK

Russian troops disguising themselves as civilians in combat, says Ukrainian commander

Disguising as civilians in order to launch an attack is typically regarded as a war crime

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky to speak with Trump after US ‘approves peace deal with Moscow’

Ukraine would need to give up long-range missiles and slash its military force by half under terms of deal, officials say

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