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The U.S. military’s early September strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat — the first salvo in a months-long string of attacks — has drawn new scrutiny in recent days, as the White House confirmed that the vessel was struck twice. The confirmation followed a Washington Post report that the first boat was struck a

The Trump administration is looking into whether Minnesota tax money found its way to al Shabaab, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization and al Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday. Bessent wrote on X that the Treasury is “investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor

Washington — President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, a White House source confirmed, as Mr. Trump presses for an end to the fighting in Ukraine.  The meeting comes after U.S. and Ukrainian officials held talks in Florida over the

Washington — The White House on Monday said a U.S. attack on an alleged drug boat in September included more than one strike on the vessel, seemingly confirming a Washington Post report that the U.S. targeted the boat for a second time to take out survivors of the initial attack. The Post reported on Friday

The President Trump convened a meeting of his national security team to talk about Venezuela and what the U.S. will do next amid heightened tensions in the region. It comes amid fresh scrutiny of one of the 21 U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats. Weijia Jiang reports, then “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson speaks