U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he left a closed-door meeting with top Trump officials on Tuesday with “more questions than answers” about their rationale for the ongoing strikes on ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth smiles as he walks to a secure room in the basement of the Capitol to brief lawmakers on how he handled a military strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat and its crew ...

Dec. 16 (UPI) --The Pentagon won't release the full video of the U.S. military's repeated strike on a suspected drug boat that killed 11 people in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday there are no plans to release the full unedited video of September 2 strikes on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean that ...

At an appearance in California, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was noncommittal about releasing the full video of a U.S. military attack on a boat in the Caribbean. By Ashley Ahn Defense Secretary ...

Lawmakers have taken a hard line against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, threatening to lock down a portion of his travel budget until he turns over unedited footage of U.S. military strikes against ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to brief members of Congress on military strikes near Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. Credit: Demaree Nikhinson / AP U.S. Sen.