Inside the Trump Administration’s Covert Drug War: Legal Overreach and Congressional Bypass

In a classified briefing last Wednesday, top Trump administration officials revealed scant details to selected congressional leaders about a covert military campaign targeting suspected drug-smuggling boats near South America. The operation, which has already claimed at least 66 lives through 16 strikes, unfolds with minimal transparency and bypasses essential congressional war powers. Is America’s Constitution Being Undermined in the Name of National Security? Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met behind closed doors with bipartisan members overseeing national security. Yet, their assurances have not quelled concerns that the administration is overstepping constitutional limits by labeling cartel...