Senate vote tests Trump’s authority to strike vessels he says are carrying drugs
Democrats seek to block military strikes on drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela citing lack of Congressional approval and risk of escalating conflict, with 21 casualties reported, officials said.
- The Senate was voting on limiting President Trump's ability to use military force against drug cartels in the Caribbean.
- Democrats and at least one Republican aimed to counter the administration's assertion of presidential war power to destroy vessels.
- The White House indicated Trump would veto the legislation, but the vote allowed lawmakers to express objections to Trump's armed conflict claims.
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By Daniel Dale, CNN President Donald Trump has used unverified figures to justify his military attacks on vessels allegedly linked to drug trafficking in the Caribbean near Venezuela. “Each boat kills about 25,000 people,” Trump claimed in a speech last week. “Each one of those vessels is responsible for the deaths of 25,000 Americans and the destruction of families,” he reiterated Sunday. “We probably saved at least 100,000 lives, American and …


Sens. Schiff, Kaine Move to Rein In Trump’s Strikes on Cartels
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Fact check: Trump’s absurd claim that he saved 100,000 lives by attacking Venezuelan drug boats
President Donald Trump has been using fictional figures to justify his controversial military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela.
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