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The USS Gravely warship arrives in Port of Spain on October 26, 2025. The US warship will visit Trinidad and Tobago for joint exercises near the coast of Venezuela amid Washington's campaign against alleged drug traffickers in the region. (Photo by Martin BERNETTI / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago amid expanded U.S. military presence near Venezuela

A U.S. Navy destroyer docked in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday as the Trump administration expands its military presence in the Caribbean, part of an ongoing effort to increase pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

(L) US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks on stage to deliver remarks as part of the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton, California, on October 18, 2025. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP) (Photo by OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) Department of War conducting a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. (Photo via: Pete Hegseth -- Department of War)

U.S. Military carries out ‘lethal kinetic strike’ on narco-trafficking drug vessel in Pacific Ocean, killing both on board

The U.S. Military carried out an airstrike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, according to U.S. officials. It destroyed the vessel and killed two “narco-terrorists” on board.

QUANTICO, VIRGINIA - SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. In an unprecedented gathering, almost 800 generals, admirals and their senior enlisted leaders have been ordered into one location from around the world on short notice. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump admin notifies Congress U.S. is in ‘armed conflict’ with ‘terrorist’ drug cartels following boat airstrikes

The Trump administration formally notified Congress that the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels this week, according to a New York Times report.

(L) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations (UN) General Assembly during the 80th session of the annual event on September 23, 2025, in New York City. This year’s theme for the annual global meeting is “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development, and human rights.” (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) / (Background) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: A general view as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025 in New York City. World leaders convened for the 80th Session of UNGA, with this year’s theme for the annual global meeting being “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump returns to UN stage with fiery rebuke, arguing global institution is failing its mission

World leaders gathered in New York for the annual high-level debate of the United Nations General Assembly. In his first UN address since returning to the presidency, President Donald Trump delivered a speech that criticized the globalist institution while pressing his “America-First” agenda on immigration, climate, and global security.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 21: U.S. Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House on March 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced the Next Generation of Air Dominance (NGDA) program, the F-47, the sixth-generation high-tech Air Force fighter to succeed the F-22 Raptor. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Hegseth vows more U.S. strikes on narco-terrorists following TdA boat attack in the Caribbean

In a stark warning to “narco-terrorists,” U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has vowed that the United States will continue to target major drug traffickers, as seen in the recent strike on a Venezuelan drug boat holding Tren de Aragua (TdA) members in the Caribbean.

AT SEA - AUGUST 2, 2012: In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) is seen August 2, 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean. In a response to a alleged chemical weapons attack on its own people by the Syrian regime the USS Mahan, the USS Barry, the USS Ramage, and the USS Gravely, all Arleigh Burke-class destroyers carrying Tomahawk land-attack missiles, along with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and a cruiser have been ordered to move west to the Red Sea, so that they can help support a US strike on Syria if requested, as a response to a alleged chemical weapons attack on its own people by the Syrian regime, September 3, 2013. (Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

Trump deploys U.S. warships near Venezuela amid escalating tensions with Socialist leader Maduro

President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of three warships along with thousands of Marines near Venezuela — combating the flow of illicit drugs entering the United States via President Nicolás Maduro’s “cartel criminal network.”