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Trump aims to expand efforts against cartels as effectiveness of deadly boat strikes draws criticism

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President Trump is leaning into his plan deploying lethal force against “ISIS”-like drug cartels, dismissing critics who say the operation hasn’t reined in enough drug consumption in the U.S. to justify its costs.

NATO races to solve missile shortage as wars drain Western stockpiles

A Patriot missile mobile launcher is displayed outside the Fort Sill Army Post near Lawton, Okla., on March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy, File)

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Rocket-launch and advanced radar systems on display at Europe’s largest defense fairs are multiplying quickly, but finding enough actual missiles to put in the systems is proving increasingly difficult.

A Patriot missile mobile launcher is displayed outside the Fort Sill Army Post near Lawton, Okla., on March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy, File)

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during the POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during the POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, seated left, and attorneys, arrive before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

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President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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President Donald Trump, center, next to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, left, and Elon Musk, right, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2026, surrounded by top executives of AI firms including, from top left, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Greg Brockman, President of OpenAI, House Speaker Mike Johnson, AMD CEO Lisa Su, Palo Alto Networks Chief Executive Nikesh Arora, and David Sacks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Democrats line up against ‘toothless’ bill to prevent electricity cost increases from data centers

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U.S. Secret Service Police observe from the roof of the White House, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Washington, after reports of shots fired near the White House. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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The Winn Correctional Center, an ICE detention facility, is seen in this aerial photo in Winnfield, La., April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

ICE rushed to buy 11 warehouses for detention. Now it’s trying to sell 7 of them

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Police officers stand at a checkpoint near RAF Fairford air base, in Fairford, England Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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