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Sen. Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, will seek to block the Pentagon from offering full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, a member of the crowd that rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.    File: U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) listens during a town hall at NOAH Cholla Health Center on March 17, 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Rebecca …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday for an unexpected visit as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean. Their arrival in the U.S. territory comes more than a week after …

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard troops patrolling the streets of U.S. cities. Weapons of war deployed against international gangs suspected of drug trafficking. Military bases and resources redirected to mass immigration enforcement operations. President Donald Trump is swiftly implementing his vision of the military as an all-powerful tool for his policy goals. It’s ground that presidents have hardly ever crossed …

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard troops patrolling the streets of U.S. cities. Weapons of war deployed against international gangs suspected of drug trafficking. Military bases and resources redirected to mass immigration enforcement operations. President Donald Trump is swiftly implementing his vision of the military as an all-powerful tool for his policy goals. It’s ground that presidents have hardly ever crossed …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard detects and detains scores of drug-running vessels in the Caribbean every year in its role as the world’s drug police on the high seas. Now, that anti-narcotics mission may look vastly different after a U.S. military strike on a vessel off Venezuela. Trump administration officials asserted last week that gang members were smuggling …

Hegseth in Puerto Rico as Pentagon eyes island for military usage  The Washington PostView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Venezuela to boost troops to tackle drug trafficking as US strengthens military in Caribbean  Reuters Maduro vows to defend Venezuela’s sovereignty as tensions with U.S. escalate  PBS Venezuela flies military aircraft near U.S. Navy ship for a second time, Pentagon officials say  CBS News Trump weighs strikes targeting cartels inside Venezuela, part of wider pressure campaign on Maduro, sources say  CNN What to Know …

Vance defends strike on alleged drug boat: ‘Highest and best use of our military’  Politico Vance Goes Nuclear When Confronted by ‘War Crime’ Allegation  The Daily Beast VP JD Vance shuts down liberal commentator who wants him impeached; defends lethal strike on Venezuelan dr  The Economic Times Source link

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over a recent two-year period, the Pentagon funded hundreds of projects done in collaboration with universities in China and institutes linked to that nation’s defense industry, including many blacklisted by the U.S. government for working with the Chinese military, a congressional investigation has found. The report, released Friday by House Republicans on the Select Committee on the …

For the second time in two days, Venezuela has flown military aircraft in the vicinity of the USS Jason Dunham in international waters near South America, multiple Defense Department officials confirmed to CBS News Friday, describing the action as turning into a “game of chicken.” The aircraft, which one Defense Department official said were F-16 fighter jets, flew over the …