James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. The U.S. military's early ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday he had watched the first U.S. strike in September on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in real time but did not see ...

They came as the commander who launched the strike headed to brief lawmakers. New details emerged Wednesday about the second strike by the U.S. military on an alleged drug smuggling boat on Sept. 2 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's insistence he watched the first U.S. military attack on an alleged drug boat three months ago live has come under fresh scrutiny as lawmakers demand more information ...