On Monday night, the US military said it attacked three more boats believed to have been smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing eight people
Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog.
This morning we start with the news that president Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials on national security, Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio, are due on Capitol Hill to brief members of Congress amid investigations into US military vessel strikes in the Caribbean.
The briefing from the defense secretary and secretary of state comes as questions mount over the escalation of military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela. The Associated Press notes that lawmakers have been examining the 2 September attack as they sift through the rationale for a broader US military buildup in the region that increasingly appears pointed at Venezuela.
On Monday night, the US military said it attacked three more boats believed to have been smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing eight people.
