Now to another developing story. President Trump tonight saying the US is at war with drug cartels. That coming in a new notification from the Trump administration to Congress.Courtney QB joins us now. And Courtney, I know you have some new reporting for our viewers on what this all means. >> Yeah, that's right, Tom.NBC News obtained the confidential notice the Trump administration sent to Congress identifying drug cartels as terrorist organizations, declaring their actions constitute an armed attack agains ...

The Trump administration told Congress the US is in a “non-international armed conflict” with Latin American cartels, justifying recent strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug-runners https://t.co/t8f07bgLFY ...

Trump Says U.S. Engaged In ‘Armed Conflict’ With Caribbean Drug Cartels, Declaring Them ‘Unlawful Combatants’https://t.co/d1vIldsR2V https://t.co/e3I7FN0UFa ...

Launching a new forever war against drug cartels would likely be illegal, and almost certainly ineffective (via @opinion) https://t.co/i1UYwuCTiU ...

The US Treasury’s top official for combating terrorism financing will visit Mexico this week to hammer home the Trump administration’s push to target the banking of drug cartels https://t.co/WEmRiqpLSd ...

Do you think we will start doing strikes on the mainland Venezuela. Oh, >> we'll see what happens. >> Tensions between the US and Venezuela have reached a crisis point.>> There's been a very rapid buildup in the region, which is pretty unprecedented in modern times. >> The Trump administration has shown it will use lethal force to combat drug cartels, and it's repeatedly tied Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro to drug trafficking. The Maduro regime is not the legitimate government of Venezuela.It is a nar ...

US Military Actions & Legal Implications - US military conducted a second strike targeting drug cartels allegedly transporting illegal narcotics to the US [1] - The second strike resulted in the death of three individuals identified as narco-traffickers and terrorists who had left Venezuela [2] - The US military previously conducted a strike that killed 11 individuals allegedly part of the Tren de Aragua (TDA) cartel [2] - The US designated TDA as a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year [3] - The legality of the US military strikes, specifically the legal authority to strike at a boat, has raised legal questions [3] Political Context - The Trump administration is increasing pressure on the Maduro regime in Venezuela [1]

Moments ago, President Trump posted on social media that the US military carried out a second strike targeting drug cartels that he says were transporting illegal narcotics, illegal narcotics to the US. The president also posting this video. It follows a similar strike carried out earlier this month in the southern Caribbean.And it comes as the Trump administration looks to ramp up pressure on the Madura regime in Venezuela. Joining me now is NBC News senior national security correspondent Courtney QB. And ...

The United States has long for many, many years established intelligence that allow us to interdict and stop drug boats. And we did that. And it doesn't work. Interdiction doesn't work because these drug cartels, what they do is they know they're going to lose, you know, 2% of their cargo. They bake it into their economics. What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them. He blew it up and it'll happen again. Maybe it's happening right now. I don't know. On Tuesday, the United States ...

Previous American presidents have used drones to assassinate suspected terrorists in places where they might prove impossible to arrest. By designating drug cartels as “terrorists”, Donald Trump is stretching this argument much further https://t.co/bvDDAXNKfHPhoto: Donald Trump/Truth Social ...