The U.S. announced it killed five purported "narco-terrorists" in two strikes on vessels in the eastern Pacific, marking an expansion of the Pentagon's shadowy military campaign.

The big picture: The Trump administration has now disclosed killing more than three dozen people across nine known strikes. The latest are the first the administration has acknowledged outside of the Caribbean. • Several lawmakers have raised concern over the lack of transparency surrounding the strikes, which Democrats have blasted as illegal. • Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) told Axios' Stef Kight Wednesday that "Congress isn't hearing enough" about the strikes, "in any form, including a public forum."

Driving the news: Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the first of the two strikes early Wednesday afternoon

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