The White House cast doubt on media reports suggesting President Donald Trump's administration is poised to strike military targets in Venezuela imminently.

Ford, its on-board warplanes, and the other ships in its strike group are deploying to "dismantle Transnational Criminal Organizations ... and counter narco-terrorism" in the region. Trump also recently authorized CIA operations on land in Venezuela.

Despite President Trump's denial of striking Venezuela, reports indicate US Special Forces' mothership 'MV Ocean Trader' is active near the Caribbean. Satellite imagery shows increased US naval presence,

A bipartisan pair of senators demand Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth provide military orders for the Caribbean boat strikes targeting alleged narco-terrorists.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday pushed back on a report that the Trump administration had decided to strike military installations in Venezuela. “Your ‘sources’ claiming

The U.S. has deployed a major Caribbean task force near Venezuela, including the USS Iwo Jima and six destroyers.

The U.S. military has conducted its 14th strike on a suspected narco-smuggling vessel, killing four people in the Pacific. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the operation, part of a broader Trump administration campaign to dismantle alleged drug networks across Latin America.