Caribbean

U.S. Senator hold press conference about Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Democratic senators file war powers resolution to check Trump on Cuba

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a Governors Dinner at the White House in Washington

Rubio visiting Caribbean to reassert Trump's interests after Venezuela strikes and Iran threats

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis this week to reassert the Trump administration’s interests in the Western Hemisphere.

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: Aerial view of the Pentagon is seen in Washington

U.S. forces board another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean

The Defense Department says U.S. forces boarded the Veronica III overnight. It is a Panamanian-flagged vessel under U.S. sanctions related to Iran, according to the website of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

By Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley

Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean

Hegseth said that members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to see it, even as a…

By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Ben Finley, Associated Press

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) speaks during a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2022. Photo by Elizabeth Frantz/REUTERS

Sen. Cotton says he has no objection to releasing video of strike that killed two survivors

Cotton he is splitting with Democrats over whether military personnel acted lawfully in carrying out a second strike to kill the two survivors.

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Top U.S. military officials will visit Caribbean leaders as Trump weighs next steps

By Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and meet Wednesday with the country’s top leaders, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela

By Ben Finley, Associated Press

The nation's most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration's drug enforcement campaign in South America.

UN human rights chief: U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats 'unacceptable'

By Associated Press

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk called for an investigation into the strikes, in what appeared to mark the first such condemnation of its kind from a United Nations organization.

3 things to know about Hurricane Melissa

By Isabella O'Malley, Associated Press

Melissa was a Category 5 hurricane, the highest level, when it made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica.

Another U.S. strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, Hegseth says

By Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press

It's the 10th strike on a vessel suspected of carrying drugs. The death toll of the Trump administration's campaign against drug cartels is up to at least 46 people.