President Donald Trump has been using fictional figures to justify his controversial military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela. The president’s figures “are ...

The Trump administration has said that it is attacking boats and killing their occupants because they are smuggling drugs from Venezuela to the United States. By Julie Turkewitz and Robert Jimison ...

The U.N. Security Council met Friday to discuss the Trump administration’s deadly attacks on what it asserts were drug smugglers in the Caribbean. By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi has covered the U.N.

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) on Sunday characterized a string of U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats in international waters as “illegal killings,” saying the White House has not yet shared their legal ...

WASHINGTON – An attempt in the Senate to stop President Donald Trump from launching deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea failed on Oct. 8 after 51 Republicans voted it down. The War Powers ...

WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump on Oct. 14 said his administration carried out another military strike on a vessel carrying illegal narcotics off the coast of Venezuela in what marks the fifth ...

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., voted down an attempt block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats on Wednesday, hours after a ...

The White House on Thursday denied claims from Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro that the latest U.S. military strike in the Caribbean struck a boat carrying Colombian citizens. Petro on Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump posted a video Tuesday afternoon showing the US military bombing another alleged Venezuelan drug boat, killing its six occupants. “Under my Standing Authorities as ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Wednesday that the administration is considering targeting Venezuela-based drug cartels on land after taking out about half a dozen drug smuggling vessels. “We are ...

Washington — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked an effort aimed at preventing continued U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats off the coast of Venezuela. Democrats forced a vote on the ...