James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. The U.S. military's early ...

Up until now French police would rarely intervene to stop crossings, due to the perceived risk to officers and civilians France has agreed to start intercepting small boats in the Channel, following ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s reported order in early September to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean has sent shock waves throughout Washington, prompting scrutiny from ...

Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has declared recent reporting that he may have ...

CALI, Colombia—They see themselves as the cowboys of the drug trade, highly experienced crews that ferry narcotics on small boats across the open seas, running on a mix of bravado, skill and dreams of ...

Republicans have largely marched in lockstep with President Donald Trump’s campaign to kill alleged drug smugglers off the coast of Latin America. But after the recent revelation of potential war ...

French police will intercept small boats at sea in an attempt to stop migrants crossing the Channel after mounting pressure from the UK for them to do more to prevent the perilous journeys. A document ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime, legal experts say. It doesn’t matter whether the U.S. is in “armed ...

Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at targeting drug traffickers. By Michael Gold Reporting from ...

France has agreed to start intercepting small boats in the Channel, following months of pressure from the UK. The change in policy comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wrote to President ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, following the first striking of a boat in the Caribbean in September, issued a verbal directive to U.S. service members to "kill everybody" with a second strike that ...