Hegseth: ‘We’ve only just begun striking Narco boats’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. has “only just begun striking Narco boats.”
This comes after new reporting emerged about a September 2 strike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has since said the strikes were lawful. She also noted that Hegseth had authorized Admiral Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley to carry out the attacks. Hegseth defended Bradley in an X post, writing that he has his “100% support.”
Hegseth added Tuesday that officials “have the back of our commanders who are making decisions in difficult situations.”
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 17:27
Trump provides update on West Virginia National Guard member shot in D.C.
President Donald Trump provided an update on Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., last week.
Wolfe is “fighting very hard,” and his mother is hopeful he will survive his injuries, Trump said.
“If he lives, it would be amazing — a miracle, actually,” Trump added.
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 17:23
Trump refers to nations as ‘fourth-world countries’
President Donald Trump referred to unspecified nations as “Fourth World countries” in a rambling speech during a Cabinet meeting at the White House today.
“We’ve also rapidly turned the worst border crisis in world history —I believe we had the worst border ever in history,” Trump said. “I don’t care if you had a Fourth World country, you know, we allow Third World countries — and we would allow Fourth World countries in also, it doesn’t matter. There was never a border that was as bad as our border.”
This comes after Trump declared on Truth Social that he will “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover.”
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 17:18
In pictures: Trump and Hegseth attend Cabinet meeting
President Donald Trump speaks at a Cabinet meeting next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who finds himself at a growing controversy over a September 2 strike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean (REUTERS)
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said the strikes were carried out legally, and said Admiral Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley was authorized to order the attacks (AP)
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 17:06
Trump claims ‘affordability’ is a ‘Democrat scam’ despite calling himself ‘affordability president’
President Donald Trump said the word “affordability” is a “Democrat scam” today, just days after he touted his own affordability measures.
“The word affordability is a Democrat scam,” Trump said Tuesday. “They say it, and then they go into the next subject, and everyone thinks, ‘Oh, they had lower prices.’”
In a Truth Social post Saturday, Trump claimed he is the “AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT.”
“If this story is properly told, we should win the Midterm Elections in RECORD NUMBERS,” he wrote. “I AM THE AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT. TALK LOUDLY AND PROUDLY!”
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 17:01
President Donald Trump has kicked off a Cabinet meeting in the White House.
The meeting comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth finds himself at the center of a growing controversy over strikes against an alleged drug ship in the Caribbean on September 2.
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 16:52
White House defends releasing jailed executive who defrauded thousands out of $1.6bn
Watch as White House Press Secretary Karolien Leavitt defends releasing a jailed executive who defrauded thousands out of $1.6 billion:
White House defends releasing jailed executive who defrauded thousands out of $1.6bn
The White House has defended Donald Trump’s commutation of a prison sentence for former private equity executive David Gentile, who conned thousands out of $1.6 billion in a fraud scheme. Gentile, 59, was granted clemency and released on Wednesday (26 November) after serving less than two weeks of a seven-year prison sentence. Asked by a reporter in the White House about the commutation on Monday (2 December), Karoline Leavitt said the Biden government was “unable to tie any supposedly fraudulent representations to Mr Gentile”. She called the case another example of the “weaponization of justice from the previous administration”. Gentile and his co-defendant, Jeffry Schneider, were convicted in August 2024 on conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and securities fraud. His conviction will not be erased.
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 16:44
Watch live: Trump hosts Cabinet meeting
President Donald Trump is holding a Cabinet meeting this morning in the White House.
He’s expected to take questions from the press. Watch live below:
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 16:28
Sabrina Carpenter responds to White House video featuring her song
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter has lashed out at the White House for using her hit song “Juno” in a pro-ICE video.
Carpenter wrote on X: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.
— Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn) December 2, 2025
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 16:16
Former military officials speak out against strike on alleged drug boat
The Former JAGs Working Group, composed of former military lawyers, “unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both.”
The National Security Leaders for America — which includes roughly 1,400 retired admirals, generals, diplomats and other officials — also said the administration’s alleged actions “would violate a core principle of military ethics and the law of armed conflict, which prohibits targeting people who are no longer a threat or cannot defend themselves.”
Meanwhile, the White House has defended the strikes as lawful.
Katie Hawkinson2 December 2025 15:57