The U.S. military has launched another strike on what it calls a narco-terror vessel in the Caribbean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday, underscoring a widening campaign against drug-linked militants.

The attack killed three suspected smugglers, Hegseth said, adding that it was carried out "at the direction of President Trump."

"Today, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on another narco-trafficking vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) in the Caribbean," Hegseth wrote on X.

He continued: "This vessel—like EVERY OTHER—was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics."

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"These narco-terrorists are bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans at home — and they will not succeed," Hegseth added, vowing that the U.S. military will give them the same treatment it did Al Qaeda: "We will continue to track them, map them, hunt them, and kill them."

Saturday’s announcement marks the 15th known U.S. operation against suspected narco-terror groups in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since September, part of what Hegseth has called an ongoing "maritime offensive" against transnational cartels.

The U.S. military has now killed at least 64 people in these operations, according to defense officials familiar with the campaign.

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President Donald Trump has defended the strikes as a hardline measure to disrupt the flow of drugs into the United States, arguing that cartels have evolved into transnational terror organizations and that America is engaged in an "armed conflict" with them under the same authority invoked after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The White House has pushed back against calls from lawmakers demanding more transparency on the legal rationale behind the operations — including which groups are being targeted and how force is being authorized.

Senate Democrats renewed their calls for answers on Friday, sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Hegseth that urged the administration to disclose its legal justifications and the list of entities deemed targetable under the president’s directive.

"We also request that you provide all legal opinions related to these strikes and a list of the groups or other entities the President has deemed targetable," the senators wrote.

The letter — signed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and several senior Democrats including Sens. Jack Reed and Jeanne Shaheen — accuses the administration of selectively releasing conflicting information to certain lawmakers while leaving others in the dark.

Separately, the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee released two previously undisclosed letters sent to Hegseth in late September and early October, pressing the Pentagon to outline its legal framework for the strikes and to identify which cartels the administration has formally labeled as terrorist organizations.

Baseball is America’s Pastime because of the iconic moments the sport has delivered.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays provided several incredible instances that left fans in disbelief. Sports figures like Caitlin Clark and Chris Paul were among those who were left in shock by how epic Game 7 of the World Series was.

The Dodgers may have won the World Series, 5-4, but it captured the hearts and minds of fans over the course of Saturday night into the wee hours of Sunday morning.

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Read below for the top five moments of Game 7.

It looked pretty bleak for a while. Clayton Kershaw was stuck watching the Blue Jays try to wrap up a victory against the Dodgers, which would have ended their 32-year World Series title drought. Instead, Max Muncy, Miguel Rojas and Will Smith turned the game around in a hurry.

Kershaw got to end his career with a third championship ring as his next stop is Cooperstown and enshrinement into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He addressed his teammates in the locker room right before the champagne began to spray.

"It’s an absolute honor to be in this clubhouse with you guys. I love every single one of you," he said. "I can’t imagine a better way to go out than to pop bottles with this group of guys. We’re back-to-back champs!"

The Rogers Centre was buzzing early in the game. Blue Jays fans were waiting for something amazing to happen and they got it. Bo Bichette, who was battling a knee injury, clobbered a three-run home run in the third inning to give the Blue Jays the lead.

Bichette was 2-for-4 before manager John Schneider pinch-ran for him later in the game.

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Blue Jays third baseman Ernie Clement had the bases loaded and a chance to establish himself next to Joe Carter in the lore of the organization. Clement drove a pitch deep to left-center field.

Enrique Hernandez was tracking the ball but would have needed to make an over-the-head catch to end the inning. Instead, center fielder Andy Pages came over and caught the ball over Hernandez. Pages steamrolled Hernandez to make the grab, it kept Los Angeles’ hope alive.

The Dodgers called on Yamamoto to help the team out of a jam in the bottom of the ninth inning – a night after he pitched six innings in the Dodgers’ Game 6 win.

Yamamoto entered the game for Blake Snell and was able to end the bases-loaded threat. He then shut down Toronto in the 10th and 11th innings to seal the deal. He won three games in the World Series and was named the World Series MVP.

It was a moment that will be remembered in Dodgers’ history for a long time. Smith hit the go-ahead home run in the top of the 11th inning off Blue Jays pitcher Shane Bieber to give Los Angeles the 5-4 lead. 

He was the first MLB player in history to homer in extra innings of a World Series in Game 7, according to Opta Stats.

It was Los Angeles’ first lead in the game and the magical moment helped give the Dodgers the win.

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