Overview

• U.S. authorities report at least 21 people killed across multiple recent maritime strikes and released footage showing a fast boat engulfed in flames.
• Speaking at Naval Station Norfolk, Trump said forces "hit again last night," though it remains unclear whether this was a new action or the operation Defense officials described on Friday.
• Trump has declared that boats are no longer operating off Venezuela and said the approach will be applied to drug-smuggling routes on land.
• Opposition Democrats and legal experts are challenging the legal basis for using lethal force at sea without arrests or transparent justification.
• Venezuela has mobilized large numbers of soldiers and reservists in response, and President Nicolás Maduro now says authorities thwarted a plot targeting the U.S. embassy in Caracas.