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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum defended the Navy's efforts to rescue the survivor of a U.S. strike in the eastern Pacific, reiterating that it was carried out on humanitarian grounds.

Rapid-response units to be trained up in use of batons and body shields to quell civil disturbances in U.S. cities, according to interal memo

Lt. Gen. Joe McGee reportedly left his role earlier this month

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth gives approval for troops to remain in US capital past November end, CNN reports

Mike Waltz was removed as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser earlier this year

In total, more than 60 people have been killed in the Trump administration’s attacks on what it claims are ‘narco’ boats

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Latin American cartels the "Al-Qaeda" of the Western Hemisphere and anticipated the Trump administration will continue its military campaign in the region.

The Trump administration is so confident that its military campaign in the Caribbean, which includes strikes against alleged drug boats, is so popular that it doesn't need approval from Congress, according to a new report.

“I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them. You know, they’re going to be, like, dead,” President Donald Trump said in late October 2025 of U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea north of Venezuela.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has welcomed Japan's commitment to accelerate its military buildup and defense spending

The event, attended by Trump and First Lady Melania, was to celebrate the Navy’s 250th birthday