Investigations are mounting into the legality of strikes that have killed scores of people in the waters off Venezuela.

The U.S. is drafting a proposal that includes weighing possible military engagement in Nigeria, a senior State Department official said this week.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that he learned about the second strike on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2 hours after giving the order for the first strike.

President Donald Trump is facing growing pressure to make Pete Hegseth the first major casualty of his second term after the Pentagon chief was accused of putting his own troops in danger. A damning report on the Signalgate scandal reportedly laid the blame on Hegseth for compromising sensitive war plans.