Adm. Mitch Bradley to Brief Senate Committee on Boat Strikes

CNN host grills GOP Senate intel chair for evidence on boat strike justification

Thursday, December 4 on Capitol Hill, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arizona) — chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Republican Conference — aggressively defended the Trump Administration's Venezuela policy, including military strikes against Venezuelan boats that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claim are smuggling illegal drugs to the United States. Especially controversial is a second strike carried out on…

Top Admiral Brings The Receipts To Totally Shut Down Democrats' Anti-Pete Hegseth Witch Hunt - The American Tribune.com

Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley, currently serving as the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, also known as SOCOM, shot down far-left claims that War Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a follow-up strike on “survivors” of an airstrike that took out a drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean in September 2025. Bradley, who is a highly decorated Navy SEAL with three decades of military service, provided testimony during a closed-door hearing befo…

Top military official takes wrecking ball to Hegseth's key claim on 'double tap' killing

A top military official undercut a key claim made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the now infamous "double tap" bombing operation on an alleged drug boat in September, according to a new report. During a briefing with lawmakers, Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley said that the survivors of the Sept. 2 bombing were "in no position to make a distress call," according to a report by CNN, citing three sources familiar with the situation. The survivo…

NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Dec. 4)

The Trump administration has shortened the work permit duration for asylum-seekers from five years to 18 months. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Thursday said this was due to security concerns with immigrant populations. U.S. Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley testified privately before Congress on the controversial follow-up strike on a drug boat in the Caribbean in September. He said War Secretary Pete Hegseth did not issue a “kill them a…

What did lawmakers learn in their private briefing about strikes on an alleged drug boat?

Congressional lawmakers questioned Adm. Frank Bradley during several sessions behind closed doors on Thursday.The inquiry stems from the disclosure by the Trump Administration of follow-up strikes during a Sept. 2 military attack in the Caribbean. Those strikes killed 11 people who were allegedly on a boat transporting drugs to the U.S.President Donald Trump announced a "kinetic strike" in a Truth Social post and shared a 29-second video of a si…

Top general defends ‘double-tap’ strike on drug boat as Democrat calls footage ‘troubling’

The commander of U.S. Special Operations Command told top members of Congress on Thursday that no one issued a "kill them all" order during a pair of military strikes on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean in September, lawmakers said after a closed-door hearing.