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Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said the American people should see the video of the second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean because President Donald Trump was essentially “murdering people.”

A divided Washington, DC, federal appeals court upheld the Trump Pentagon’s policy, which rejected military service for individuals who are diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

The final text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2026 fiscal year was released Sunday evening, with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) saying it will help advance President Donald Trump’s “Peace Through Strength Agenda” by codifying 15 of his executive orders and strengthening national security.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said the “double-tap strike” on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea was “essentially murder.”

Thursday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said the video he saw today during a briefing with top intel committee lawmakers from a September 2 attack in the Caribbean Sea looked like a war crime to him.

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. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) announced Wednesday that he plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, referencing a resurfaced 2016 remark on war crimes as questions mount over a U.S. military strike that killed survivors of a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean.

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” network host Rachel Maddow predicted Republican lawmakers will ask Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to resign because of a report alleging impropriety over his handling of drug boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea.

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth could be impeached over the follow-up strike on a drug boat in the Caribbean in September.

Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was a known liar who is “hiding something” about the follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September.

Monday on CNN’s “News Central,” Sen. Angus King (I-ME) said if the reports about the Trump administration’s first military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean were accurate, it would be a “stone-cold war crime.”

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said the first military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean “rises to the level of a war crime,” if a Washington Post report were true.

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 Mark Kelly says he is “not backing down” with his demands that U.S. soldiers refuse to obey Trump’s “illegal orders.”

Wednesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) said he’s not planning to cooperate with the FBI’s investigation into the video he made with other Democratic lawmakers.

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.”

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

During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Democratic lawmakers’ video message to military members about illegal orders “helps our enemies.”

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) admitted on Sunday that to her knowledge she was “not aware” that President Donald Trump has issued an illegal order to U.S. Military service members.

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) claimed the legality of the Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea were “questionable at best.”

The group of Democrat lawmakers who told military members to disobey orders should be locked up, President Donald Trump proposed Saturday.

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said she took part in a propaganda video featuring Democratic lawmakers because she was concerned President Donald Trump would use the military “against American citizens.”

Friday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) said President Donald Trump has become “unglued by a simple statement of federal law” in his response to a video featuring Democratic lawmakers telling military members about refusing illegal orders.

On Thursday, on CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said President Donald Trump doesn’t understand the law, the Constitution or the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said she took part in a video featuring Democratic lawmakers telling military members about refusing illegal orders because President Donald Trump reportedly once asked the military about shooting protesters.

Thursday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) said President Donald Trump was using “fear and intimidation and threats to silence opposition” in his response to a video featuring Democratic lawmakers telling military members about refusing illegal orders.

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said members of the military were not allowed to break the law if President Donald Trump gives them an illegal order.

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Venezuela was “wildly illegal.”

A U.S. Army and Marine veteran from Colorado said his best friend, who happens to be a yellow Labrador, saved his life in February.

17 transgender members of the Air Force who were discharged under the Trump administration’s transgender military ban filed a lawsuit this week against the federal government for allegedly revoking their pensions and other benefits after their forced early retirement.

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.

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.”

Friday on CNN’s “The Lead,” former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said President Donald Trump’s military deployment to Venezuela could mean one accident could cause a war.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said members of the U.S. military may be exposed to “serious charges” for allegedly killing civilians during the strikes on alleged drug boats.

Military families have been living with uncertainty as the government shutdown rages on, with the healthcare system warning of lapses in the ability to process or pay medical claims and most recent Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders being frozen in limbo.

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.