A US admiral acting under the authority of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike that targeted survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug smuggling boat, the White House said Monday. The legality of the Trump administration's deadly strikes against suspected drug traffickers»»»

Kids Can Press checked the defense secretary without ever dropping his name. The Canadian-owned publisher of Paulette Bourgeois’ “Franklin the Turtle” children’s book series condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “unauthorized” use of the fictional reptile to make light of the Trump administrat»»»

The White House said Monday a Navy admiral acted “within his authority and the law” in ordering a second strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2, after bipartisan calls for reviews of US maritime operations following reports of a verbal order that killed survivors. ..»»»