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US launches fifth strike on alleged Pacific drug boat in a week, killing three

drug-trafficking boat, the fifth such deadly attack in as many days, military officials have announced. US southern command said it conducted “a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations

US forces kill 4 people in latest strike on vessels in eastern Pacific

drugs to the US. Tuesday’s killings came after two people were killed in a US strike on Monday, and five people were killed in two separate strikes on Saturday, also in the eastern Pacific

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news …**  The US military said three men were killed when it struck a boat ‘engaged in narco-trafficking operations’. Photograph: US Southern Command/AFP/Getty

Iran calls US ship seizure ‘piracy’: Is it?

news agency report, British maritime risk firm Vanguard identified the crude carrier captured as the Skipper. Venezuela also described that incident as an “act of piracy”. At the time, the US was building

Defense department watchdog opens inquiry into US airstrikes on alleged drug boats

drug boats The Pentagon’s internal watchdog has opened an investigation into whether US military commanders followed proper procedures when conducting boat strikes in the [Caribbean](https://www.theguardian.com/world/caribbean) and the eastern Pacific. The office

First Thing: Trump-backed Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in Texas primary

news …**  Experts have questioned the Trump administration’s justification for pausing weapons sales to Taiwan, saying the transfers

As fentanyl crisis evolves, experts say US is still ‘behind the eight ball’

drug use for decades, and in January, officials abruptly cancelled roughly $2bn in grants through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), only to reverse course within days. The whiplash left providers scrambling

Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth for ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’

drug smuggling boats, among other official acts. The move comes as the [Trump administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration) faces mounting scrutiny over recent foreign action, particularly the war with Iran. In Wednesday’s resolution, Yassamin Ansari

Trump announces Israel-Lebanon ceasefire as House passes war powers resolution | First Thing

strikes in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon on Thursday morning. - **Where has Israel been targeting?** [William Christou in Beirut reports](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/03/lebanese-hospitals-hit-by-israeli-forces) that three hospitals in southern Lebanon have been attacked by Israel

SCOTUS temporarily restores mifepristone access. And, Indiana, Ohio vote in primaries

boats yesterday** as it launched an operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The incident threatened the fragile, month-old ceasefire between the two countries. Iran also fired on the United Arab Emirates, an American