Last-Ditch Effort to Block Trump’s Venezuela War Appeals to MAGA Republicans
With a War Powers vote looming in the Senate, advocates are pointing to Trump’s past opposition to regime change wars.
License to Kill
Since September 2025, the Trump administration has conducted an undeclared war in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, killing scores of civilians by deploying drone strikes on boats they allege are carrying drugs.
Experts in the laws of war and members of Congress say the strikes are illegal extrajudicial killings because the military is not permitted to deliberately target civilians — even suspected criminals — who do not pose an imminent threat of violence.
The Intercept is covering how the war on terror and the war on drugs are becoming one and the same.
Trump Administration Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Exactly It’s Killing in Boat Strikes
Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors.
Internal Report Shows the Military Always Wanted to Join the Drug War
The Obama-era document called for “direct military action.” Today, the authors are questioning Trump’s approach.
Admiral’s Mystery Retirement Amid Secret War Leaves Key Command in Turmoil
The sudden departure of Adm. Alvin Holsey has caused dismay in the U.S. Southern Command.
Voices
The U.S. Isn’t Even Bothering With Its Usual Lies to Sell Its Regime Change War in Venezuela
The days of justifying American military intervention anywhere in the world are on their way out.
Two Boat Strike Survivors Become First Known Prisoners in Trump’s War on “Narcoterrorists”
The two survivors of a U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean are now being held on a Navy warship.
The Pentagon Is Learning It’s Not So Easy to Sink a Boat
Videos of U.S. attacks in the Caribbean suggest boats have been obliterated in a single strike. The reality is a lot messier.
The Intercept Briefing
License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions
Akela Lacy, Radley Balko, and Nick Turse discuss the administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.
Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks
It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean.
Collateral Damage
Trump’s War on Drugs
Journalist Radley Balko examines how Trump’s war on immigrants merges and expands the lethal policies of the wars on drugs and terror.