James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. The U.S. military's early ...

The aircraft used in the US military’s first strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, a strike which has drawn intense scrutiny and resulted in numerous Congressional briefings, was painted as ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday he had watched the first U.S. strike in September on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in real time but did not see ...

They came as the commander who launched the strike headed to brief lawmakers. New details emerged Wednesday about the second strike by the U.S. military on an alleged drug smuggling boat on Sept. 2 ...

The U.S. military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug vessel operating in the Caribbean on Sept. 2 after an initial attack did not kill everyone on board, sources familiar with the ...