![A boat strike in Venezuela.]() Pete Hegseth/X via ReutersThe
Trump administration is arguing that its lethal strikes on alleged drug
boats in Latin America aren’t bound by a war powers law that requires Congress to approve any military action that exceeds 60 days — a window that closes today. A senior administration official argued that US service members aren’t in harm’s way
because the strikes are being “conducted largely by unmanned aerial
vehicles launched from naval vessels in international waters,” The New
York Times reported. The Pentagon announced yet another strike that killed three people over the weekend. Asked whether the US is going to war with Venezuela on 60 Minutes,
Trump said simply: “I doubt it.” Meanwhile, Trump threatened military
action in Nigeria, a threat that “is now being taken seriously, as
Nigerian leaders watch US forces move in on Venezuela,” Semafor’s Yinka Adegoke writes. |