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“As a matter of plain reality, an unarmed speedboat, even if it is carrying co***ne, is not a warship. And none of the 11 people aboard — not merely the two initial survivors, but also the nine people the U.S. military killed in its first strike — were fighting anyone.”

Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike. But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?

From the Declaration of Independence, 1776, among the grievances against King George: “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.”

Hegseth Authorizes Troops in D.C. to Carry Weapons It remains unclear whether the National Guard soldiers will be armed as they walk through the city.