What’s behind Trump’s power play in the Caribbean?
As drug-cartel operations, migration and China reshape the region, the US is pushing a revived Monroe Doctrine for the 21st century
Pete Hegseth
Men killed in US military strike on Caribbean drug boat ‘clung to wreckage for more than an hour’
Video of US military strike on boat was shown to senators in Washington
Pete Hegseth’s texts ‘exposed sensitive details on Yemen strike’ says report
Discussion of upcoming airstrikes by US forces risked ‘potential compromise of sensitive DoD information’
Focus turns to ‘fog of war’ Pete Hegseth over US missile strike on Venezuelan boat
Defence secretary robustly defends attack on alleged gunboat, as Democrats lambast ‘unserious and unqualified individual’
Trump uses White House ceremony to pardon a turkey and call a governor ‘a big fat slob’
US president uses annual White House ceremony to pardon a turkey and call the Illinois governor ‘a big fat slob’
Venezuela braces for possible US strike amid military decay and internal dissent
Regime forces focus not on defence but on quashing dissent, analysts and opposition figures say
US military officials required to sign NDAs over Latin American operations
Concern over military build-up that Venezuela fear may lead to an invasion
US sends aircraft carrier to South America as airstrike on ‘drug boat’ kills six
Build-up of troops has raised speculation Trump could try to topple Venezuelan president
Pete Hegseth, knowing he’s in over his head, grows more paranoid and resentful
Former Fox News anchor does not like how the media covered him as he ascended utterly unqualified to become US defence secretary
Trump is deploying the military to wage war against an imagined ‘enemy within’
Worldview: The US president has been rapidly intensifying domestic military operations during his second term
Nobel Prize not designed for someone such as Donald Trump
He may have sparked dancing in the streets in the Middle East, he’s sparked danger in the streets in America
White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland
Top deputy to Stephen Miller behind latest intelligence leak by Trump administration
Watch: Pete Hegseth declares war on ‘fat generals’, ‘woke garbage’ and ‘beardos’
US defence secretary says all fitness tests to be set to male benchmarks, and emphasises importance of grooming standards
Pentagon places restrictions on reporters in return for access
Trump administration wants journalists to only publish information authorised by defence department
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