White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the commander of a September operation "worked well within his authority and the law" when ordering a follow-on strike.
President Trump is considering next steps for operations in Venezuela, as lawmakers intensify their scrutiny of the Pentagon's deadly strikes on alleged drug boats.
Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was in court for pretrial hearings about which evidence will be allowed in his upcoming trial in New York City. Jericka Duncan has details.
A major winter storm disrupted air travel in several big cities in the days after Thanksgiving, including Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York City.
The second winter storm in days blanketed parts of Missouri with several inches of snow, leading to slick roads and multiple crashes across the state. It followed a more powerful storm over the weekend that dumped up to a foot of snow across the Midwest, snarling holiday travel. Ash-har Quraishi reports, and Lonnie Quinn has the forecast.
