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Military Intervention

Trump Says U.S. Will Begin Land Operations Targeting Drug Cartels, Hinting at Mexico

Mexico's rejection of foreign intervention has sharpened sovereignty questions, with critics challenging the legality of any cross-border strikes.

White House Orders U.S. Forces to Enforce Two-Month Quarantine on Venezuelan Oil

U.S. Pursues Third Tanker in Venezuela Crackdown as Trump Warns Maduro

Trump Orders Naval Blockade of Sanctioned Oil Tankers, Designates Maduro Government a Terror Group

Trump Signs Order Designating Illicit Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Pentagon Confirms New Pacific Boat Strike as Congress Probes ‘Double Tap’ Killings

Congress Probes U.S. ‘Double Tap’ Boat Strike as Hegseth Signals Operations Will Press On

Trump Says U.S. Land Operations Against Venezuelan Drug Networks Will Start ‘Very Soon’

U.S. Says Two Pacific Strikes Killed Six in Expanding Drug-Boat Campaign

Senate Blocks War Powers Bid as U.S. Confirms 17th Drug-Boat Strike, Death Toll Nears 70

U.S. Says New Pacific Strike Kills Four, 14th Attack in Maritime Campaign

John Oliver Calls Out Trump’s Lethal Drug‑Boat Strikes as East Wing Demolition Draws Fire

U.S. Escalates Venezuela Operation With Destroyer in Trinidad and Carrier En Route

U.S. Sends Carrier to Latin America After 10th Drug‑Boat Strike Kills Six, With Sanctions on Colombia’s Petro

U.S. Executes First Pacific Strikes on Suspected Cartel Boats, Killing Five

U.S. Reports First Survivors From Caribbean Strike After Trump Confirms CIA Authority in Venezuela

SOUTHCOM Chief Adm. Alvin Holsey to Retire Dec. 12 as U.S. Expands Caribbean Strike Campaign

U.S. Weighs Strikes Inside Venezuela as Caribbean Drug Operation Escalates

Trump Announces Third U.S. Strike on Alleged Drug Boat, Bringing Monthly Toll to 17