Officials hew closely to secret memo which gives legal cover to firing on boats even if it would kill people on board

Lawmakers from both parties plan to ramp up scrutiny of the Trump administration's attacks on alleged drug boats.

Trump administration refuses to say whether survivors on suspected drug-trafficking vessels posed imminent threat

The US defence secretary and White House have defended the second strike, but Trump said he would not have wanted it.

WASHINGTON: 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…

Officials hew closely to secret memo which gives legal cover to firing on boats even if it would kill people on board

The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.