{"id":790,"date":"2025-12-05T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=790"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:20:28","slug":"pentagon-announces-another-boat-strike-amid-heightened-scrutiny-us-politics-live-us-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=790","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon announces another boat strike amid heightened scrutiny \u2013 US politics live | US military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"liveblog-body\"><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><gu-island name=\"KeyEventsCarousel\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;keyEvents&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;6932ae4e8f08e4853da49f7a&quot;,&quot;elements&quot;:[{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Hello and thank you for joining us on the &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-politics\\&quot; data-component=\\&quot;auto-linked-tag\\&quot;&gt;US politics&lt;\/a&gt; live blog.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;980e2a54-c2f6-43ba-898f-74182188ef14&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;The US forces &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/04\/pentagon-boat-strike-pacific\\&quot;&gt;conducted another deadly strike &lt;\/a&gt;on a boat suspected of carrying illegal narcotics on Thursday, the Pentagon said, killing four men in the eastern Pacific as questions continue to mount over the legality such attacks.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;7f0a97cf-47ee-4a16-aa54-46b128781e6d&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;US navy admiral &lt;strong&gt;Frank Bradley&lt;\/strong&gt; and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, &lt;strong&gt;Dan Caine&lt;\/strong&gt;, had &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/04\/video-second-boat-strike-military-caribbean\\&quot;&gt;appeared on Thursday &lt;\/a&gt;before the House and Senate\u2019s armed services and intelligence committees for a closed briefing about a particular attack on 2 September that has come under scrutiny over whether the military had been ordered to issue a second strike upon survivors after an earlier strike.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;d1765106-b436-4cfd-97e3-235e1816da63&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;While both Democratic and Republican lawmakers in &lt;strong&gt;Congress&lt;\/strong&gt; said that the defense secretary, &lt;strong&gt;Pete Hegseth&lt;\/strong&gt;, had not ordered the military to kill surviving members of the 2 September attack, they clashed over whether the double strike was appropriate \u2013 particularly after video of the incident was played during Thursday\u2019s closed briefing.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;5e61dbb7-c161-4572-832f-83d6bd2fbc38&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;\u201cWhat I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I\u2019ve seen in my time in public service,\u201d &lt;strong&gt;Jim Himes&lt;\/strong&gt;, the top Democrat on the House armed services committee, said after exiting the meeting. However, he said that Bradley had \u201cconfirmed that there had not been a \u2018kill them all\u2019 order, and there was not an order to grant no quarter\u201d.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;f0906053-bea9-469e-917a-058b720142ee&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Hegseth, who is also in hot water after a report by the Pentagon\u2019s inspector general concluded that he had &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/03\/hegseth-yemen-signal-group-chat\\&quot;&gt;violated departmental policies &lt;\/a&gt;when he shared secret information in a Signal messaging chat in March, has sought to downplay his own involvement in the 2 September attack. But the US southern command in Florida was clear &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/1996726797086457886\\&quot;&gt;in its social media post&lt;\/a&gt; announcing the latest overnight strike that it had come \u201cat the direction\u201d of Hegseth.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;c84adb3f-7896-4f28-a349-c98472401b6f&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;In other developments:&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;89156071-9903-4caf-a514-a0180d8e6f86&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;ul&gt;\\n &lt;li&gt;\\n  &lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;supreme court&lt;\/strong&gt; &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/04\/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps\\&quot;&gt;ruled on Thursday &lt;\/a&gt;to allow Texas to use a redrawn that adds as many as five Republican-friendly congressional districts. Texas had redrawn its congressional map this summer as part of an effort that &lt;strong&gt;Donald Trump&lt;\/strong&gt; initiated to protect Republicans\u2019 slim majority in the House ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\\n &lt;li&gt;\\n  &lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;federal vaccine advisory panel&lt;\/strong&gt; is &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/05\/acip-vaccine-panel-vote-hepatitis-b\\&quot;&gt;expected to vote &lt;\/a&gt;on Friday whether to change the longstanding recommendation that all newborns be immunized against hepatitis B. The panel advises the &lt;strong&gt;US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention&lt;\/strong&gt; (CDC).&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\\n &lt;li&gt;\\n  &lt;p&gt;A grand jury &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/04\/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-letitia-james\\&quot;&gt;declined to indict&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Letitia James&lt;\/strong&gt; on Thursday, less than two weeks after judge ruled similar case against New York attorney general unlawful. 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However, he said that Bradley had \u201cconfirmed that there had not been a \u2018kill them all\u2019 order, and there was not an order to grant no quarter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Hegseth, who is also in hot water after a report by the Pentagon\u2019s inspector general concluded that he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/03\/hegseth-yemen-signal-group-chat\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">violated departmental policies <\/a>when he shared secret information in a Signal messaging chat in March, has sought to downplay his own involvement in the 2 September attack. But the US southern command in Florida was clear <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/1996726797086457886\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">in its social media post<\/a> announcing the latest overnight strike that it had come \u201cat the direction\u201d of Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In other developments:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The <strong>supreme court<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/04\/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">ruled on Thursday <\/a>to allow Texas to use a redrawn that adds as many as five Republican-friendly congressional districts. Texas had redrawn its congressional map this summer as part of an effort that <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> initiated to protect Republicans\u2019 slim majority in the House ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A <strong>federal vaccine advisory panel<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/05\/acip-vaccine-panel-vote-hepatitis-b\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">expected to vote <\/a>on Friday whether to change the longstanding recommendation that all newborns be immunized against hepatitis B. The panel advises the <strong>US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/strong> (CDC).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A grand jury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/04\/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-letitia-james\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">declined to indict<\/a> <strong>Letitia James<\/strong> on Thursday, less than two weeks after judge ruled similar case against New York attorney general unlawful. James has been one of Trump\u2019s top political foes ever since she successfully brought a fraud lawsuit against him in New York.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/04\/dc-pipe-bomb-attack-arrest-january-6\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">was arrested <\/a>for planting pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic party headquarters on the eve of <strong>the January 6 insurrection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration on Thursday and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/04\/washingon-dc-trump-national-guard\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">paused a lower court\u2019s order<\/a> to end the administration\u2019s deployment of National guard troops in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><gu-island name=\"ShareButton\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;size&quot;:&quot;xsmall&quot;,&quot;pageId&quot;:&quot;us-news\/live\/2025\/dec\/05\/trump-pete-hegseth-signal-politics-updates&quot;,&quot;hash&quot;:&quot;block-6932ae4e8f08e4853da49f7a&quot;,&quot;queryParams&quot;:{&quot;page&quot;:&quot;with:block-6932ae4e8f08e4853da49f7a&quot;},&quot;webTitle&quot;:&quot;Pentagon announces another boat strike amid heightened scrutiny \u2013 US politics live&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:11,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0},&quot;context&quot;:&quot;LiveBlock&quot;}\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Pentagon announces another boat strike amid heightened scrutiny \u2013 US politics live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2025\/dec\/05\/trump-pete-hegseth-signal-politics-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6932ae4e8f08e4853da49f7a#block-6932ae4e8f08e4853da49f7a\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"-3 -3 30 30\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M19 16c1.675 0 3 1.35 3 3 0 1.675-1.325 3-3 3a2.97 2.97 0 0 1-2.975-3c0-.125 0-.275.025-.375L7.1 14.15a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.075.825C3.325 14.975 2 13.65 2 12a3.004 3.004 0 0 1 3.025-3.025c.775 0 1.5.35 2.075.875l8.95-4.475c-.025-.1-.025-.225-.025-.4A2.966 2.966 0 0 1 19 2c1.675 0 3 1.325 3 2.975C22 6.65 20.675 8 19 8c-.8 0-1.475-.325-2.05-.825l-8.975 4.45C8 11.7 8 11.825 8 12s0 .3-.025.375l8.975 4.45c.575-.5 1.25-.825 2.05-.825m0-12.8c-.975 0-1.8.775-1.8 1.775S18.025 6.8 19 6.8c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.825S20 3.2 19 3.2m0 17.6c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.8 0-1-.825-1.8-1.825-1.8-.975 0-1.8.8-1.8 1.8 0 .975.825 1.8 1.8 1.8\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/gu-island><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Pentagon #announces #boat #strike #heightened #scrutiny #politics #live #military<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key events Show key events onl&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}