Kelly slammed Hegseth, calling him "unqualified for this position" and saying Hegseth should testify concerning the boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea where two survivors were allegedly killed after a second strike was authorized on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs in September.

Investigations are mounting into the legality of strikes that have killed scores of people in the waters off Venezuela.

The president told reporters he spoke to the defense secretary about the contents of an explosive Washington Post report that has alarmed lawmakers.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in some hot water after a new report revealed disturbing details about the U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean.

Lawmakers are demanding answers after Hegseth responded to a report that he ordered the military to kill all passengers aboard a boat suspected of ferrying drugs.

Hegseth reportedly ordered the deaths of survivors of a U.S. attack on an alleged drug boat. The possible war crime now faces bipartisan scrutiny.

President Trump said late Sunday that he has complete confidence in Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, even as the commander in chief said he would look into allegations that Hegseth gave an order

President Trump said Sunday he did not believe a report that War Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered no survivors be left from a US military strike on a suspected drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean

President Donald Trump offered his full support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the weekend when pressed on Air Force One about a recent Washington Post report that Hegseth ordered a second strike to kill survivors of a first strike on an alleged drug-running boat.

With claims flying that Pete Hegseth’s orders might have led to the commission of war crimes, President Trump sounded like he was putting some distance between himself and his defense secretary.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly will hold a news conference in the Capitol at 3:30 p.m. on Monday to address what he calls Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "effort to intimidate" him. Kelly was one of the six lawmakers who appeared in a video last month telling military members that they could refuse illegal orders.