The U.N. condemns Trump’s Venezuela strikes as violations of international law as U.S. lawmakers clash over sovereignty and global legal standards.

Top Trump administration officials have briefed lawmakers on the growing U.S. campaign to destroy alleged drug-smuggling boats in the waters off South America.

Top Trump administration officials briefed members of the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday about strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats off Venezuela, after frustration in Congress about a lack of transparency about the operation.

The White House argued lethal military strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific do not rise to the level of “hostilities” that would warrant

Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner expressed confidence in the intelligence used by the Pentagon to strike alleged drug traffickers in the Pacific Ocean, but urged the Trump administration to divulge more information to a skeptical public as Democrats question the legal justification for continued attacks.

Ukraine's military reportedly struck and damaged Russia's Volgograd oil refinery overnight on Nov. 6, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin threw Anderson Cooper for a loop on Wednesday by telling the host that if the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump's tariff regime, the administration will have to give back the money it has taken in.

Doing this work without pay, often late at night, is leading to burnout among primary care doctors that is threatening the stability of the profession and patients’ access to timely care, said Julie Donahue, a nurse practitioner at Allina’s Faribault clinic.

The justices sounded skeptical during oral arguments Wednesday of President Trump's sweeping claims of authority to impose tariffs as he sees fit.