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Eight days later, questions linger about Venezuela boat strike

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — More than a week after President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military had blown up a boat off Venezuela, the operation - which killed 11 people…

John McCarthy September 10, 2025

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Hegseth and Caine visit Puerto Rico as US steps up military operations in the Caribbean

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…

John McCarthy September 9, 2025

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Venezuelan military aircraft fly near US warship in ‘provocative move,’ Pentagon says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Caribbean on Thursday, a U.S. official told Reuters, triggering a stern U.S. warning to…

John McCarthy September 7, 2025

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Was the deadly US attack on the Venezuelan vessel legal?

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) — The U.S. military killed 11 people aboard a vessel in the Caribbean on Tuesday that President Donald Trump said was carrying illegal narcotics and that belonged to a drug…

John McCarthy September 6, 2025

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Trump plays down possible regime change in Venezuela; US deploys stealth fighter jets

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States is not talking about regime change in Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Friday, as the United States ordered an additional 10 stealth fighter jets to…

John McCarthy September 6, 2025

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Trump to reinterpret 1987 missile treaty to sell heavy attack drones abroad

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump is expected to unilaterally reinterpret a 38-year-old arms control treaty to sell sophisticated "Reaper" style and other advanced military drones abroad, according to a…

John McCarthy September 5, 2025

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Trump says US strike targeting Venezuelan gang will cause cartels to think twice

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday justified the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out a day earlier against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by…

John McCarthy September 4, 2025

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Trinidad and Tobago leader praises strike and says US should kill all drug traffickers ‘violently’

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is praising a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean. U.S. President Donald Trump said…

John McCarthy September 3, 2025