Videos of U.S. attacks in the Caribbean suggest boats have been obliterated in a single strike. The reality is a lot messier.
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The two survivors of a U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean are now being held on a Navy warship.
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It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean.
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An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.
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Congress is being left in the dark about the fate of U.S. weapons transfers, a new federal watchdog report found.
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The U.S. military justified the slaughter of alleged drug traffickers by claiming links to “designated terrorist organizations.”
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“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”
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Trump’s order to send the Oregon National Guard to Portland appeared to surprise Pentagon officials.
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Defense officials were shocked at the cost and danger of assembling the military’s top officers to listen to meandering tirades.
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Hanafi Muslim and Nordic pagan service members told The Intercept Hegseth's new policy was exclusionary to their beliefs.
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