Eric Schmitt

El almirante Alvin Holsey deja el cargo menos de un año después de su toma de posesión, mientras el Pentágono intensifica los ataques contra embarcaciones en el Caribe.

El gobierno de Trump afirma que la misión tiene como objetivo interrumpir el tráfico de drogas. Pero funcionarios militares y analistas dicen que el verdadero objetivo podría ser expulsar del poder al presidente de Venezuela.

La decisión de enviar a migrantes de Estados Unidos a Guantánamo supone un cambio en la forma en que el país trata a las personas que deporta.

The Pentagon called the procedure a “minimally invasive,” nonsurgical follow-up to previous treatment, and said the defense secretary had resumed his duties after temporarily handing them over.

The three U.S. service members killed Sunday were the first known American military deaths since Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza began. The U.N. aid organization there said it will soon run out of money.

More than two dozen U.S. service members were injured in the strike, which underscored the growing turmoil in the region since the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October.

The attacks — the ninth in two weeks — hit anti-ship missiles that the Iran-backed militia could use against merchant and Navy ships in the region.

The military conducted the latest strikes on Thursday after U.S. surveillance aircraft detected that missiles and launchers were being prepared to attack ships, officials said.

The secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, kept the White House in the dark about his hospitalization for several days, a major breach of protocol at the highest national security levels.

The Islamic State announcement dovetailed with American intelligence assessment indicating that the attack, which killed 84 people, was most likely the work of the group.