War Powers Law Does Not Apply to Trump’s Boat Strikes, Administration Says NYT | Top Stories By: Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes 2 November 2025 at 23:01 The move deepened the idea that a Vietnam-era law, which says congressionally unauthorized deployments into “hostilities” must end after 60 days, does not apply to airstrike campaigns. © Ricardo Arduengo/ReutersAir Force personnel prepared an MQ-9 Reaper drone in Puerto Rico last month.
Why Trump’s Boat Killings Would Be Hard to Prosecute NYT | Top Stories By: Charlie Savage 31 October 2025 at 01:12 Even if critics who call President Trump’s boat attacks “murder” are right as a matter of law, it would not be easy to get the matter into a court. © Ricardo Arduengo/ReutersAir Force personnel arming an MQ-9 Reaper drone with missiles in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, earlier this month.