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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced on social media that the U.S.
military conducted another deadly strike on a small boat that he said was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific.
NPR's Quill Lawrence reports this is the 22nd known attack on alleged narco traffickers.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth released a brief surveillance video of a boat bursting into flames.
It took place the same day that Admiral Mitch Bradley briefed congressional leaders behind closed doors about the first strike on September 2nd.
Some Democratic members of Congress say video of that incident showed that two surviving crew members were killed
while trying to write their capsized boat.
Republicans say it was a legal military action.
And PR's Quill Lawrence,
Congress is working on a deal that could possibly extend subsidies for people enrolled in health care plans through the Affordable Care Act.
And PR's Selena Simmons-Duffin has details.
The so-called enhanced subsidies first passed in 2021 are popular,
but they will go away at the end of December without congressional action.