New: President Trump has ordered the Pentagon “to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels” both “at sea and on foreign soil,” the New York Times reported Friday, citing officials familiar with the directive.

Notable: “[D]irecting the military to crack down on the illicit trade also raises legal issues, including whether it would count as ‘murder’ if U.S. forces acting outside of a congressionally authorized armed conflict were to kill civilians—even criminal suspects—who pose no imminent threat,” four reporters for the Times write.

Background: The idea of using the U.S. military against drug cartels “took root among Republicans and became a talking point in the 2024 election cycle. Mr. Trump vowed on the campaign trail to deploy Special Operati

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