President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday sought to distance themselves from the decision to launch a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, insisting they weren’t aware of what the military had done after the first strike didn’t kill everyone on board.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea earlier this year.

As the White House admitted to a second boat strike targeting survivors, calls in Congress are growing for immediate hearings

Picket lines will begin forming outside all West Contra Costa Unified School District campuses Thursday, 45 minutes before the first bell rings, United Teachers of Richmond announced Monday evening.

President Donald Trump seemingly distanced himself from the latest controversy surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.The self-styled secretary of war reportedly ordered a second missile strike on two alleged smugglers who survived an attack on a boat administration officials say was carrying

After reports Friday that the US had conducted a second strike on a suspected drug vessel in order to kill survivors of its first strike – quite possibly in violation of the law of armed conflict – few defended the Trump administration more strongly than Republican Rep.

“Thursday was a glorious day. It was one of the single most important days in the history of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, but also of my life and, I think, the lives of many of us,” said Andrew “Goldy” Goldstein, the president of the guild. Goldstein was an education reporter at the Post-Gazette and walked out with colleagues in October 2022.

Most of the journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have left, but those still on strike welcome an end to the ordeal.

Over 5,700 Sharp HealthCare nurses and workers have returned to work after a three-day strike regarding staffing issues, wages, and sick-leave policy, with negotiations between management and union leaders set to resume.

Video above: KTLA’s coverage of the Kaiser Permanente strike from Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. The five-day strike involving tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers has ended, and the union representing the workers says there is now “new ...

The importance of coordination, how digital news consumption patterns limit the effectiveness of public shame, and more.