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Anna Kelly, a White House spokeswoman, emphasized in a statement late on Wednesday that the strike took place in international waters and did not put American troops at risk. 0.950

👤 Anna Kelly 📋 News Article 🏷️ Military , International Relations

Simplified: Anna Kelly said the strike took place in international waters and did not put American troops at risk

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“It’s difficult to imagine how any lawyers inside the Pentagon could have arrived at a conclusion that this was legal rather than the very definition of murder under international law rules that the D... 0.950

👤 Ryan Goodman 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Military

Simplified: Ryan Goodman said it is difficult to imagine how Pentagon lawyers could conclude this was legal rather than murder under international law

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That raises the question of whether Mr. Trump has legitimate authority to tell the military to summarily kill people it suspects are smuggling drugs — and whether the administration allowed career mil... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Legal , Military

Simplified: Question arises whether Trump has authority to tell military to kill drug smuggling suspects and whether administration allowed military lawyers to we...

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Mr. Trump has claimed that Venezuela’s government controls Tren de Aragua even though the U.S. intelligence community does not think that is true. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Trump claimed Venezuela government controls Tren de Aragua even though US intelligence community does not think that is true

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Mr. Trump said “we have tapes of them speaking.” 0.950

👤 Trump 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Trump said we have tapes of them speaking

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Mr. Hegseth insisted on Wednesday that the government “knew exactly who” they were and “exactly what they were doing.” 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Hegseth insisted government knew exactly who they were and what they were doing

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After breaking new ground by labeling drug cartels as “terrorists,” the president is now redefining the peacetime criminal problem of drug trafficking as an armed conflict, and telling the U.S. milita... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military , Legal

Simplified: President is redefining drug trafficking as armed conflict telling military to treat low-level drug smugglers as combatants after labeling drug cartel...

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If it knows the names of the dead people, it has not released them, either. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Administration has not released names of dead people

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In armed conflicts, troops can lawfully kill enemy combatants on sight. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Military , Legal

Simplified: Troops can lawfully kill enemy combatants on sight in armed conflicts

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It has not said precisely where the strike took place or whether the boat was flagged to any country. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Administration has not said where strike took place or if boat was flagged to any country

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The administration has asserted that the boat was in international waters and carrying 11 members of the Tren de Aragua gang and a shipment of drugs. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Administration asserted boat was in international waters carrying 11 members of Tren de Aragua gang and drugs

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By ordering the U.S. military to summarily kill a group of people aboard what he said was a drug-smuggling boat, President Trump used the military in a way that had no clear legal precedent or basis,... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military , Legal

Simplified: President Trump used the military to summarily kill people on a drug-smuggling boat without clear legal precedent according to specialists

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The counterterrorism drone war was dogged by blowback from mistakes in which the military or C.I.A. killed innocent people it mistakenly thought were terrorists. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Military , Historical

Simplified: Counterterrorism drone war was dogged by blowback from mistakes where military or CIA killed innocent people mistakenly thought terrorists

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President Trump is claiming the power to shift maritime counterdrug efforts from law enforcement rules to wartime rules. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: President Trump is claiming power to shift maritime counterdrug efforts from law enforcement rules to wartime rules

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Using lethal force as a first resort means relying on intelligence to determine whether the people in sight are, in fact, drug traffickers. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Military , Legal

Simplified: Using lethal force as first resort means relying on intelligence to determine if people are drug traffickers

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In the aftermath of the first such operation this week, he and two top administration officials — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also serves as the national sec... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Trump and two top administration officials promised to keep using military force

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Mr. Trump signed a still-secret order directing the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels his administration has deemed terrorist organizations. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Trump signed order directing Pentagon to use military force against certain Latin American drug cartels

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The administration has appealed that ruling, and Mr. Trump declared this week that he intended to expand his use of troops to crack down on crime in Washington to other cities, including Chicago and N... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Political , Military

Simplified: Administration appealed ruling Trump declared intention to expand troop use to crack down on crime in Washington Chicago New Orleans

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On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration was illegally using troops it sent to Los Angeles to protect immigration agents from protesters. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Military

Simplified: Federal judge ruled Trump administration illegally used troops sent to Los Angeles to protect immigration agents

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He has sent migrants to the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and deployed federal troops to the streets of American cities over the objections of local and state elected leaders. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Military , Political

Simplified: Trump sent migrants to Guantánamo Bay deployed federal troops to American cities over objections of local leaders

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