Caribbean Area

• Democrats Call for Releasing Video of Deadly Boat Strike in the Caribbean - Top Democratic lawmakers who have seen the footage said Sunday that making the video public would provide transparency around the strikes that killed two survivors on Sept. 2.
• Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal. - A former secretary of homeland security on the illegality of Trump’s boat strikes.
• The Furor Over Trump’s Boat Attacks and a Particular Follow-Up Strike, Explained - Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues.
• U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance - The details could raise questions about who was responsible for a follow-up strike on Sept. 2 — the commander who ordered it or the defense secretary.
• Trump’s Threat of Military Action Is a Major Challenge to Maduro. Here’s What to Know. - The president has warned that the United States could soon expand its attacks from boats near the coast to targets inside Venezuela, but he has also spoken by phone to its leader.
• Hegseth Says He Did Not See Survivors of Boat Strike Clinging to Wreckage - The defense secretary supported the admiral he said called for the second strike on Sept. 2 against a boat the administration says was smuggling drugs.
• Hegseth Ordered Lethal Boat Strike but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say - Amid talk of war crimes, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing intensifying scrutiny.