Aidan Maese-Czeropski, a 24-year-old former staff member of Democratic Maryland Senator Ben Cardin, has reportedly been terminated from his role after footage surfaced of him engaging in anal sex within a prominent Senate building. The footage depicts Maese-Czeropski in a judiciary hearing room and is now under investigation by Capitol Police.
The video, captured in a room frequently utilized for confirmations and hearings – including those for Supreme Court nominees – records various angles of the act. The footage was seemingly recorded by the male accompanying Maese-Czeropski. The precise timing of the filming remains undetermined.
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On the matter, a spokesman for Senator Cardin’s office confirmed, “Aidan Maese-Czeropski is no longer employed by the U.S. Senate. We will have no further comment on this personnel matter.” A message, allegedly from Maese-Czeropski, circulating from his now-deleted LinkedIn account states, “This has been a difficult time for me, as I have been attacked for who I love to pursue a political agenda.” He added, “While some of my actions in the past have shown poor judgment, I love my job and would never disrespect my workplace.” Aidan worked for Cardin since 2021 and interned for Dianne Feinstein prior to that.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has signed a $29.9 million contract for the design of new mega detention centers using vacant warehouse spaces.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: ICE and KPB Services LLC, with federal contractor Mill Creek associated with the contract.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The contract was signed on Friday, with plans for facilities throughout the United States.
🎯IMPACT: The expansion could double ICE’s detention capacity to 100,000 detainees by year’s end.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears set to advance its plans to purchase vacant warehouses to establish large-scale detention centers as it looks to continue ramping up illegal immigrant detention and deportation efforts. The agency recently finalized a $29.9 million contract for the conceptual design of these mega processing and detention facilities across the United States.
The move is part of an initial phase toward converting warehouse spaces into detention centers for illegal immigrants, according to procurement records. These new centers could potentially be more than twice the size of ICE’s current average detention facilities.
ICE operates a network of hundreds of detention centers nationwide, housing approximately 65,000 migrants. The agency aims to expand its capacity to 100,000 detainees by the end of the year, utilizing a significant budget increase provided by President Donald J. Trump‘s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The contract for designing the mega centers was awarded to KPB Services LLC. The address linked to the contract is associated with Mill Creek, a federal contractor known for its work with the Department of War.
Mega-warehouses, similar to those used by online retail giant Amazon, are the primary interest for ICE. The surge in inflation and prices under former President Joe Biden has left a number of large warehousing facilities vacant, a number of which are drawing interest from the agency.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: An Afghan national has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of two National Guardsmen near the White House, killing one and critically wounding the other.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Rahmanullah Lakanwal, Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The deadly shooting occurred last Wednesday near the White House in Washington, D.C.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Allahu akbar!” – Allegedly shouted by Rahmanullah Lakanwal during the shooting.
🎯IMPACT: One National Guard member has died, another remains in serious condition. The Trump administration is pushing policy changes due to the suspect’s background, including re-vetting of Afghans settled in the U.S. by the former Biden government.
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Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal appeared remotely from a hospital bed in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday to face first-degree murder and related firearms charges after allegedly shooting two West Virginia National Guard soldiers near the White House last week.
Prosecutors say Lakanwal opened fire around 2 PM on November 26, 2025, striking Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, while they were on patrol. Beckstrom died from her injuries. Wolfe, initially reported deceased by West Virginia officials, remains hospitalized in serious but improving condition; by Monday, he was reportedly giving nurses a thumbs-up and moving his toes.
Court documents state Lakanwal shouted “Allahu akbar!” as he fired and was subdued by other Guardsmen while attempting to reload. He pleaded not guilty to all counts and was ordered held without bond.
Lakanwal, who was also wounded in the exchange, entered the United States in September 2021 on a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) after serving ten years in the Afghan army alongside U.S. Special Forces in Kandahar. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirmed his role in a partner force until the 2021 withdrawal. He had been living in Bellingham, Washington, with his wife and five children. Authorities have not disclosed a motive, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the incident as a possible act of terrorism.
The attack prompted an immediate White House lockdown and heightened security across the capital. President Donald J. Trump referenced the shooting during a Thanksgiving call with troops and later wrote on Truth Social that the suspect “will pay a very steep price.”
The incident has triggered a Trump administration review of thousands of Afghan nationals admitted under the Biden-era Operation Allies Welcome program, with officials citing vetting concerns. Separately, another Afghan refugee who arrived in 2021 faces federal charges in Texas for allegedly threatening to carry out a suicide bombing against Americans.
As of Tuesday, no trial date has been set for Lakanwal, who remains under guard while receiving medical treatment.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), accusing him of aligning with Democrats to block a provision aimed at preventing intelligence community weaponization.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Representative Elise Stefanik, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL).
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The dispute unfolded on Tuesday, with statements made on social media and during press interactions.
💬KEY QUOTE: “You torpedoed this siding with Jamie Raskin. You said you would fix it, so fix it.” – Elise Stefanik
🎯IMPACT: The controversy threatens Republican unity on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with Stefanik and others pledging to oppose the bill without the provision’s inclusion.
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Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) blasted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday, accusing the Republican leader of siding with Democrats to protect the intelligence community from accountability. Stefanik expressed her frustration over the potential removal of a provision she supports from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which aims to prevent the illegal weaponization of federal agencies.
“The Speaker is blocking my provision to root out the illegal weaponization that led to Crossfire Hurricane, Arctic Frost, and more. He is siding with Jamie Raskin against Trump Republicans to block this provision to protect the deep state,” Rep. Stefanik wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. “This is an easy one. This bill is DOA unless this provision gets added in as it was passed out of committee,” she warned.
The amendment seeks to mandate that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) notify Congress when investigations into presidential or other federal candidates are launched.
Stefanik’s allegations mark a rare and public challenge by a member of Speaker Johnson’s leadership team. The House Speaker quickly pushed back against the New York congresswoman’s claims. “All of that is false. I don’t exactly know why Elise won’t just call me. I texted her yesterday,” Johnson said just before noon on Tuesday. “She’s upset one of her provisions is not being made, I think, into the NDAA… As soon as I heard this yesterday, I was campaigning in Tennessee, and I wrote her and said, ‘What are you talking about?’ This hasn’t even made it to my level.”
Johnson says the provision may be passed through other legislative mechanisms, but the exact plan and details remain unclear. Despite his attempts to reassure House Republicans, opposition to the NDAA now appears to be mounting. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has also pledged to vote against the defense bill if Stefanik’s provision is excluded. With Johnson only able to lose a handful of votes, the path to adoption for the NDAA is increasingly precarious, and its defeat would be a significant legislative blow and political humiliation for the Speaker.
“Just more lies from the Speaker,” Stefanik wrote in reaction to Johnson’s claims. “This is not regular order. Regular order is a Members’ provision that passed out of committee should be heard on the floor and not struck down by a Democrat minority member in a closed door meeting.”
“My provision passed out of the House Intelligence Committee which is the committee of jurisdiction. You torpedoed this siding with Jamie Raskin,” she alleged, adding: “You said you would fix it, so fix it.”
❓WHAT HAPPENED: An Afghan national who entered the U.S. during the former Biden government’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal has been federally charged with planning to attack civilians, including threats to “build a bomb” and “conduct a suicide attack.”
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Dallas office, among others.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Alokozay, residing in Fort Worth, Texas, was charged at the state level last week and federally on Tuesday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “He explicitly stated that he came here in order to kill American citizens,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.
🎯IMPACT: The case highlights concerns over the Biden government’s vetting process for evacuees and the potential threats to public safety.
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Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, who arrived in the U.S. during the former Biden government’s Operation Allies Welcome—conducted as part of its shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan—has been federally charged with transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce. Alokozay, residing in Fort Worth, Texas, allegedly threatened to “build a bomb,” “conduct a suicide attack,” and kill Americans, according to U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould.
Raybould stated that Alokozay posted a video to social media in which he was seen “angrily gesturing and speaking Dari” while discussing plans with others. The video also referenced the use of a type of cooking oil container commonly utilized by the Taliban to construct improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan. Alokozay reportedly admitted he came to the U.S. with the intent to kill the people on the call and carry out a suicide attack on Americans.
Alokozay entered the U.S. in 2021 as a lawful permanent resident under the Biden government’s resettlement program following the evacuation of U.S. forces and supposed allies from Kabul. Concerns over vetting procedures have been raised, particularly after another Afghan evacuee, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, attacked two West Virginia National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition.
Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized the Biden government’s vetting process, stating, “The public safety threat created by the Biden administration’s vetting breakdown cannot be overstated.” She added that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would continue working with federal and state partners to address these threats. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Dallas Field Office head, R. Joseph Rothrock, credited public reports of the video for enabling authorities to act swiftly in apprehending Alokozay.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Vincent Mazzurco is prosecuting the case, and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force remains involved in the investigation.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A polar vortex is set to bring extreme cold temperatures and winter storms to the United States, affecting up to 30 states.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The National Weather Service issued advisories; climatologist Judah Cohen provided analysis.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Beginning Tuesday night, impacting regions from Maine to Nebraska, with the Midwest and Great Plains particularly affected.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The cold the first week of December is the appetizer and the main course will be in mid-December.” – Judah Cohen
🎯IMPACT: Dangerous cold, crashes, school closures, and snowstorms already affecting millions, with more to come.
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Winter weather warnings have been issued across 30 states as a polar vortex prepares to bring some of the coldest temperatures on Earth to the United States. The National Weather Service has issued advisories, warning of extreme temperatures that could feel as low as -30°F, along with potential snowstorms.
A polar vortex is a large, low-pressure system of cold air that typically resides above the North Pole. Normally held in place by strong winds, this vortex has been disrupted by storms and high-pressure systems, sending icy Arctic air southward into the U.S., potentially chilling 235 million Americans.
Winter storms are expected to stretch from Maine to Nebraska, with wind chills making temperatures feel as low as -10 to -30°F in regions like the Midwest and Great Plains. The storm system has already caused significant disruptions, including crashes and school closures in Missouri, over a foot of snow in Iowa, and poor visibility for drivers in New York.
The East Coast is bracing for similar conditions, with areas such as Albany already experiencing cold weather. Several states in the Midwest, including Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, are also facing snowstorms and temperatures dropping into the single digits. A 45-car pileup on Interstate 70 in Indiana over the weekend highlighted the dangers, though no serious injuries were reported.
Judah Cohen, a climatologist and research scientist at MIT, stated, “My thinking is that the cold the first week of December is the appetizer and the main course will be in mid-December.” He noted that computer models predict the most extreme cold will stretch from the Canadian Plains to the U.S. East Coast in the third week of December, though snow predictions remain uncertain beyond a few days.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Pope urged the Trump administration not to use military force to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Pope Leo XIV, President Donald J. Trump, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The Pope made the remarks during a flight home from Turkey and Lebanon, following his first overseas trip as pontiff.
💬KEY QUOTE: “It is better to search for ways of dialogue, or perhaps pressure, including economic pressure.” – Pope Leo
🎯IMPACT: The Pope’s comments could influence international discourse on the Trump administration’s approach to Venezuela and its leadership.
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Pope Leo XIV has urged the Trump administration not to resort to military action to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power, recommending dialogue or economic sanctions as preferable ways to seek political change in the country.
The Trump administration has been weighing different approaches to confront Maduro’s role in funneling narcotics into the United States—a charge the Venezuelan leader firmly rejects.
Speaking to reporters while returning from his inaugural foreign trip, which took him to Turkey and Lebanon, the American-born pontiff directly addressed the prospect of armed intervention: “I truly believe that it is better to look for ways of dialogue, maybe pressure, including economic pressure, but looking another way to change, if that is what they want to do in the United States.”
Later, the pontiff also scolded “people who are against immigration and trying to keep out people who may be from another country, another religion, another race,” urging Western countries to be “a little less fearful” of migrants.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Primary (elementary) schools in Britain’s “asylum capital” report that nearly one-third of pupils do not speak English as their first language, highlighting challenges linked to record migration levels.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Glasgow City Council, Councillor Christina Cannon, and Glasgow children, parents, and teachers.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The latest data was revealed in December 2025, focusing on primary schools in Glasgow, Scotland.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We have seen an explosion in the number of children who need English as an additional language support.” – Councillor Christina Cannon
🎯IMPACT: Schools are struggling with stretched resources, cultural divides, and concerns over integration and education standards.
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New figures from Glasgow, Scotland‘s largest city and Britain’s “asylum capital,” show that 31 percent of primary (elementary) school pupils now require support for English as an additional language (EAL). That represents a 24 percent rise since 2020, with Arabic, Polish, Urdu, and Punjabi among the most commonly spoken.
Glasgow City Council education lead Christina Cannon said the increase reflects waves of migration, including refugees from Syria, Ukraine, and Afghanistan, with Glasgow having far more asylum seekers dumped on it per capita than any other city in the United Kingdom.
“We have seen an explosion in the number of children who need English as an additional language support,” Cannon said, warning of severe strain despite expensive efforts such as hiring EAL coordinators in over 100 schools, with some schools forced to rely on tools like Google Translate for parent-teacher meetings.
One parent described her child’s class as having “15 different languages—it’s wonderful in theory, but [my son is] struggling because the teacher spends half the day translating.” Others worry that children are forming cliques rather than mixing across backgrounds.
Murdo Fraser, a Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)—roughly equivalent to a U.S. state legislature—warns “parallel societies” may begin forming, as in certain areas in London, where integration has failed and social tensions have grown.
England, which is more diverse than Scotland overall, also faces substantial issues in its schools, with White British students being in the minority at one in four schools. At least 72 schools have no White British students at all, and they comprise less than two percent of the student body in a further 474 schools.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The corporate media falsely reported that Costco is suing to overturn President Donald J. Trump’s tariffs on Tuesday. In reality, the company is seeking the right to recoup import duties paid, should the tariffs be overturned in a separate case before the Supreme Court.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Costco, the corporate media, President Trump, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “RETAIL REVOLT: The wholesale giant is suing the federal government to strike down President Trump’s emergency tariffs and recover funds the retailer says it was improperly required to pay on imported goods,” Fox News claimed in an inaccurate report.
🎯IMPACT: The retail giant could see a significant revenue boost should the courts agree that the tariffs are unconstitutional and that the tariffs already paid can be recouped from the federal government.
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Costco is not suing the federal government in an effort to overturn tariffs imposed by President Donald J. Trump, despite claims by the corporate media—including Fox News. While the major U.S. retailer has filed a lawsuit, the legal action aims to ensure the company can recoup money already paid in import duties should an unrelated case currently under consideration by the Supreme Court result in Trump’s tariffs being declared unconstitutional.
Major corporate media outlets on Tuesday erroneously claimed Costco’s lawsuit was essentially the same as the current Supreme Court case. Fox News, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), declared, “RETAIL REVOLT: The wholesale giant is suing the federal government to strike down President Trump’s emergency tariffs and recover funds the retailer says it was improperly required to pay on imported goods.” This was accompanied by a graphic stating, “Costco files federal lawsuit challenging Trump’s emergency tariff orders on imported goods.”
RETAIL REVOLT: The wholesale giant is suing the federal government to strike down President Trump’s emergency tariffs and recover funds the retailer says it was improperly required to pay on imported goods. pic.twitter.com/FtFHlVigSB
However, the lawsuit does not directly challenge the tariffs. Instead, Costco is seeking relief—including from a December 15 liquidation deadline on tariff revenues—to ensure it can recoup the monies it has paid on import duties should the Supreme Court rule that President Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional. The lawsuit is necessary as it is unlikely—if not impossible—that the high court will hand down a decision before the December liquidation deadline.
The best way to understand Costco’s legal action is in the context of a refund, which is what the retailer is essentially suing to guarantee a right to. Consider an individual who pays local property taxes, and a separate lawsuit results in the city’s property assessments being overturned by a court. The property owner, in theory, should have a right to recoup the property taxes that the city government unlawfully collected. This is essentially what Costco is seeking, but for potentially unlawful import duties.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A truck driver, identified as an illegal immigrant, caused a crash in Oregon that killed a newlywed couple.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Rajinder Kumar, a 32-year-old Indian national, and victims William Carter and Jennifer Lower.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The crash occurred on November 24 in Bend, Oregon.
💬KEY QUOTE: “How many more senseless tragedies must take place before sanctuary politicians stop allowing illegal aliens to dangerously operate semi-trucks on America’s roads?” – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin
🎯IMPACT: The incident highlights ongoing concerns over illegal immigrants operating commercial vehicles and the policies—especially in California—enabling it.
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Rajinder Kumar, a 32-year-old illegal immigrant from India, was arrested after a semi-truck he was driving jackknifed and collided with a vehicle in Bend, Oregon, on November 24. The crash killed William Carter and his wife, Jennifer Lower, who were newlyweds. Federal authorities have revealed that Kumar was in the United States illegally, having been released into the country by the former Biden government.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) disclosed that Kumar was issued a commercial driver’s license in California under Governor Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) administration and granted work authorization in 2023. An immigration detainer has now been lodged against Kumar following his arrest.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated, “Rajinder Kumar, a criminal illegal alien from India, was released into our country under the Biden administration and issued a commercial driver’s license by [California Governor] Gavin Newsom’s Department of Motor Vehicles. How many more senseless tragedies must take place before sanctuary politicians stop allowing illegal aliens to dangerously operate semi-trucks on America’s roads?”
This incident is the latest in a series of fatal crashes involving illegal immigrants from India operating commercial vehicles. In August, Harjinder Singh, another illegal migrant, was arrested in Florida after a wreck that left three people dead. That same month, Partap Singh, also in the U.S. illegally, was accused of causing a multi-car pileup in California that severely injured a five-year-old. In October, Jashanpreet Singh, another illegal migrant, was arrested for an alleged drunken crash in California that killed three people.
“Our prayers are with William and Jennifer’s families,” McLaughlin said, adding, “ICE will continue its efforts to get illegal alien truck drivers off America’s highways.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A military strike on September 2 targeted a drug-running vessel in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in the deaths of 11 people.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Admiral Frank Bradley, and U.S. Special Operations Command.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: September 2, 2025, in the Caribbean Sea.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Pete said he did not order the death of those two men. And I believe him.” – Donald Trump
🎯IMPACT: Investigations by lawmakers on Capitol Hill are underway to determine whether the strike violated laws of war.
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Democrat lawmaker allegations that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth authorized a so-called “double tap strike” against a Venezuelan cartel drug boat on September 2 appear to have no basis in fact. New evidence suggests that while Hegseth did authorize the drug boat strike, his orders did not specify any actions against potential survivors—despite claims made by Democrats on Capitol Hill based on reporting by The Washington Post.
The new evidence shows that Admiral Frank Bradley, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command, approved both the initial strike and follow-up actions. It appears the secondary strikes were targeting large pieces of wreckage and were not intended to eliminate survivors.
Allegations that the Secretary of War had given the order to “kill everybody” following the initial strike were first reported by The Washington Post last Friday. President Donald J. Trump, speaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday, dismissed the report, stating, “He said he did not say that, and I believe him 100 percent. I wouldn’t have wanted that, not a second strike.” Now, five U.S. officials have confirmed to The New York Times that Hegseth did not order such a strike.
On Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated, “President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have made it clear that presidentially designated narcoterrorist groups are subject to lethal targeting in accordance with the laws of war. With respect to the strikes in question on September 2, Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes.” She added that Bradley acted within his authority and the law to ensure the vessel was destroyed.
Hegseth has backed Bradley, writing on social media, “Let’s make one thing crystal clear: Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my 100 percent support. I stand by him and the combat decisions he has made—on the September 2 mission and all others since.”
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