Month: October 2025

By Kylie Atwood, Wayne Chang, Will Ripley, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Days before President Donald Trump departed for Asia where he will sit down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday for their first in-person meeting of his second term, the president refused to count out the possibility of America’s position

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Trump administration briefed Republicans on Wednesday about US military strikes on suspected drug boats without telling Democratic members about the briefing, according to a top Senate Democrat and a source with direct knowledge of the incident. Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner slammed the Trump

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted a strike against a vessel in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing four people, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. “This vessel, like all the others, was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people familiar with the matter. The general’s stalled promotion also contributed to his early retirement, the