Strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean kills 3 people, U.S. military says

The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out a strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three men. The boat was “transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the U.S. Southern Command said in a statement on X. “Three male narco-terrorists

Former U.K. ambassador to U.S. Peter Mandelson arrested

Former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson has been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police on suspicion of misconduct in public office.  Mandelson was being investigated after a series of emails between him and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released late last month. “Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of

House scrambling to host hockey teams at State of the Union, Johnson says

Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday House officials are scrambling to find a way to accommodate the gold-medal-winning U.S. men and women’s hockey teams at Tuesday’s State of the Union address. Johnson told reporters Monday he’s working to “figure out logistics” now for a potential visit from the teams, which were each invited by the White