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Trump's comments come on the same day as spotters detected the USS Bainbridge, an escort of the largest aircraft carrier in the US Navy, off the coast of Puerto Rico

The Defense Minister added that "the Bolivarian National Armed Forces are stronger than ever in their unity, moral cohesion, and equipment"

A former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor claimied on Thursday that the vessel strikes would qualify under international law as a crime against humanity

The deployment appears to mark the first known instance of a foreign country hosting U.S. aircraft potentially capable of participating in regional strike operations

Russia is signaling it could supply Venezuela with advanced hypersonic missiles as U.S. military activity intensifies near the country, according to The Times.

The United States has expanded its naval presence in the Caribbean with the deployment of the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser

A new investigation revealed that people operating boats targeted by U.S. strikes were indeed running drugs, but were not high-up in criminal organizations

The death toll of U.S. strikes against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific has now reached at least 70 following the latest episode on Thursday.

Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts defended ongoing U.S. military strikes targeting suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, citing alleged ties between narcotraffickers and Venezuela's armed forces.

The United States has assembled a military presence near Venezuela that is "too large and powerful to be only for counternarcotics," former U.S. ambassador James Story said in an interview with BBC Mundo

The recent deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Caribbean could signal that U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela are nearer, according to a Latin America specialist

Former Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis assigned a 70% chance of the U.S. conducting land strikes in Venezuela as the Trump administration continues to ramp up pressure on the Maduro regime.

Rep. Sara Jacobs said she was "not convinced" by claims the actions were tied to preventing fentanyl deaths and Rep. Seth Moulton emphasized the peril for troops deployed

The Trump Admin issued a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) restricting airspace off the coast of Ceiba, Puerto Rico, from November 1 through March 31 citing "special security reasons"

While President Donald Trump declared that he isn't considering attacking Venezuela, the United States has concentrated a rare mix of naval, air, and special operations power across the southern Caribbean and the approaches to the Venezuelan coast, what the photos show.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul again slammed President Donald Trump over the administration's escalating military campaign in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

The U.S. has now killed more than 60 people in its different strikes against alleged drug vessels in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Latin American cartels the "Al-Qaeda" of the Western Hemisphere and anticipated the Trump administration will continue its military campaign in the region.

The Trump administration is so confident that its military campaign in the Caribbean, which includes strikes against alleged drug boats, is so popular that it doesn't need approval from Congress, according to a new report.

Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma told C-SPAN that the White House "needs to give insight" to Congress

The Trump administration bombed what the president referred to as a 'drug-carrying submarine' on October 16 in the Caribbean

U.S. troops are being required to sign non-disclosure agreements before taking part in the military campaign in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, according to a new report.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed Hurricane Melissa, which has made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, is helping defend the Caribbean from the pressure campaign being carried out by the Trump administration against the Venezuelan regime

The U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) released a new video on Monday highlighting operations connected to the Trump administration's military deployment in the Caribbean

When asked about the flights, Trump told reporters, "no, it's false," adding that the United States was "very unhappy with Venezuela" and citing drug trafficking as one reason

A U.S. military strike overnight that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said killed six people aboard a vessel linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, has raised the tally of fatalities from the U.S. campaign to 43

Flight data compiled on Thursday showed that two American B1-Lancers flew just 6 miles away from the Venezuelan coast before returning north

After years of rallying behind President Trump's promise to keep America out of "endless wars," a new divide is growing among his most loyal supporters. The cause: the administration's expanding military campaign against Venezuela.

U.S. naval forces operating off the coast of Venezuela could face a credible threat from Russian-made anti-ship missiles in the event of a military confrontation, according to experts.

The United States carried out another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking vessel Tuesday night