Pete Hegseth

U.S. Military Strike Kills Four Narco‑Terrorists, Destroys Drug Vessel in Eastern Pacific

U.S. Southern Command announced Thursday that American forces carried out a lethal kinetic strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four suspected narco‑terrorists and destroying their heavily laden smuggling vessel. The attack, directed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth under Operation Southern Spear, marks the 22nd strike against cartel‑linked traffickers in international waters and brings the total number of narco‑terrorists killed to nearly 90. The strikes continue despite harsh criticism from some lawmakers in Congress.

U.S. Military Strike Kills Four Narco‑Terrorists, Destroys Drug Vessel in Eastern Pacifi

GOP Rep. Bacon ‘Relieved’ Hegseth Did Not Give ‘Kill Everybody’ Order, Says ‘Very Questionable’ if Survivors Were Still in the Fight

Thursday on CNN’s “News Central,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said while he was relieved to hear Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not give an order to “kill everybody,” he said it was “very questionable” that the survivors of the September boat strike in the Caribbean could have been considered to still be in the fight.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE)

Kelly: First Caribbean Boat Strike a War Crime

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) claimed the Trump administration’s first military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean was a “war crime.”

Senator from Arizona Mark Kelly speaks on the fourth and last day of the Democratic Nation

GOP, Conservatives Blast Democrats’ ‘Vile,’ ‘Reckless’ Anti‑Guard Rhetoric After D.C. Shooting

Republicans and conservative voices blasted what they called Democrats’ “vile,” “dangerous,” and “reckless” rhetoric toward the National Guard, arguing that days of escalating attacks from leading Democrats have “put a target on the backs of every person in uniform” and created real-world danger for service members — pointing to Wednesday’s shooting of two Guardsmen near the White House as the latest consequence.

USCIS - National Guard soldiers gather near a crime scene after a shooting in downtown Was