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Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) reacted to the White House confirming that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth authorized the follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September by calling it “incompetence at the highest level.”

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.”

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared that the United States has “only just begun to kill narco-terrorists,” a blunt call to escalate direct action against cartel operatives. Hegseth reinforced the message in a separate post, vowing that the campaign against transnational drug cartels has entered a new phase.

Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer, spent Thanksgiving with Sailors and Marines stationed at sea, where the Secretary of War delivered a message of gratitude from the pilot house of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

President Donald Trump addressed the nation after three people were shot, including two National Guardsmen, in Washington, D.C.

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.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, has been identified as the suspect in the shooting of two national guardsmen.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will visit the Dominican Republic on Wednesday amid Operation Southern Spear’s fight against drug trafficking.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is reportedly proposing the military cut ties with Scouting America over its embrace of gender ideology and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. 

Monday on MS NOW’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said the Department of War investigation into the propaganda video he did with several other Democratic lawmakers was “almost comical.”

Monday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was a “coward” for launching an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over a propaganda video that Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers made instructing military personnel not to follow so-called illegal orders.

The Department of War has launched an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly that may lead to court-martial proceedings.

At a Breitbart News Policy event, Onebrief Chief Operating Officer Adam Lackey discussed the need for more responsive and effective software capabilities across the Department of War, aligning his remarks with broader efforts by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to prioritize innovation aimed at ensuring military effectiveness in future conflicts.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned “interference of external forces in Venezuela’s internal affairs” during its regular press briefing on Wednesday, demanding that the United States “engage in normal law enforcement” rather than military operations to stop organized drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea.

In a decisive show of force, President Trump authorized two precision strikes against cartel-operated vessels in international waters, killing six narco-terrorists linked to designated terrorist organizations. The vessels, laden with narcotics and navigating a known trafficking corridor in the Eastern Pacific, were neutralized without harm to U.S. personnel—underscoring Trump’s commitment to defending the homeland and dismantling transnational threats.

As critics decry President Donald Trump’s lethal strikes against narco-terrorist smugglers on the high seas, the silence surrounding the staggering toll of fentanyl deaths in the United States grows louder—raising the question: whose lives are worth defending?

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Monday at the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

The U.S. military conducted another lethal strike on boat piloted by alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed Saturday.

Canadian Armed Forces head General Jennie Carignan gave a tearful apology for “systemic racism” officials claimed affected military members.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova issued a statement declaring that Moscow was “ready” to act to defend Venezuela.

U.S. military strikes against cartel drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean journeying from South America are “unacceptable” and must stop, the U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk warned Friday.

Speaking to U.S. troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said his interdiction of drug shipments in the Caribbean has been so successful that “we can’t find a ship” loaded with drugs any more.

Vice President JD Vance confirmed that U.S. military personnel will be paid on Friday during the ongoing Democrat government shutdown, while warning that they are “not going to be able to pay everybody.”

U.S. Military forces launched attacks on four vessels operated by narco-terrorist smugglers transiting through a known trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. According to the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the kinetic strikes occurred on Monday and resulted in a total of 14 terrorists killed. One person survived the attacks.

An anonymous donor gave $130 million to the U.S. Department of War to pay troops during the Democrats’ government shutdown.

Japan’s new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, plans to increase defense spending and accelerate Japan’s military buildup.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the first nighttime military strike was conducted in international waters against a narco-terrorist smuggling vessel carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean Sea. Hegseth released video of the attack that killed six Tren de Aragua drug smugglers in the overnight strike announced Friday.

In a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s maritime war on narco-terrorism, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the first lethal military strike outside the Caribbean Sea — targeting and destroying a drug-smuggling vessel off Colombia’s Pacific coast.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said the U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats seemed to be “violating the law.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed on Sunday that the U.S. military conducted what he called a “lethal kinetic strike” on a suspected narco-vessel in the Caribbean Sea that he associated with Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN), a Marxist terror organization.

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attend a ceremony for the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary at Camp Pendleton on Saturday, October 18.

The Pentagon is calling out streaming giant Netflix over its new military series “Boots,” which follows the story of a gay man enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s.

Critical personnel, including Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, will be paid despite the Democrat government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Friday.

The Pentagon’s Tuesday deadline for reporters to sign its new press access agreement has passed, and journalists from nearly every major media organization have turned in their badges and cleared their workspaces after refusing to comply with the Department of War’s revised credentialing policy.

President Donald Trump directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to ensure that U.S. service members receive their next paychecks, despite the government shutdown stretching into its fifteenth day.

A plane with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth onboard made an “unscheduled landing” in the United Kingdom on Wednesday due to a crack in the windshield, the Pentagon confirmed.