CRIME & LAW

U.S. strike kills four amid expanding campaign

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military killed four people in an eastern Pacific strike on a boat the administration links to a designated terrorist organization, part of an expanding push against drug trafficking at sea. The action follows Monday’s three strikes that killed 14, bringing the total to more than 60, and came with video of a boat ablaze. Legal experts call the campaign unlawful; the Trump administration claims unilateral authority. A GOP-only Senate briefing drew Democratic outrage and some Republican unease amid talk of requiring congressional approval and fears of expansion to land targets in Venezuela.

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