If those reports are accurate, critics say, Hegseth and the servicemembers who carried out the attack may be guilty of war crimes. The initial Sept. 2 attack on a Venezuelan boat left two survivors “clinging to the smoldering wreck,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used the term, which alludes to uncertainty in battle, in reference to a deadly U.S. military attack in the Caribbean.

New questions have emerged surrounding the United States' military strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in early September. We discuss what we know and why the White House appears to be distancing itself from the decision to order multiple strikes on ...