- Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all The Washington Post
- Hegseth defends strikes after WaPo ‘kill everybody’ story: ‘Fake news’ The Hill
- US military carried out second strike killing survivors on a suspected drug boat that had already been attacked, sources say CNN
- Hegseth dismisses report he demanded no survivors be left in drug boat strike: ‘Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them’ New York Post
- Hegseth declines to comment on report that boat survivors were killed as a result of his orders to military ABC News