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at NEI Academy.org. In the day's other headlines, President Trump says U.S. forces struck another

boat in the waters off Venezuela that he claims was a drug vessel. Mr. Trump posted video of the

strike on social media saying all six people aboard were killed and that no U.S. forces were harmed. It marks the fifth dead of the strike on social media, saying all six people aboard were killed and that no

U.S. forces were harmed. It marks the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean against alleged

drug traffickers, which the Trump administration is treating as unlawful combatants who can be

met with military force. Democrats and those opposed to the administration's actions say the

strikes violate U.S.

and international law. Also today, President Trump hosted Argentina's President Javier Millet at the White

House, where he threatened to end U.S. assistance to that country if its internal politics

don't go the way Mr. Trump wants. If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina.

The president said he would not, in his words, waste our time with further investments

if Argentina turns away from Melaide's policies in that country's upcoming midterm elections.

President Trump sees an ideological ally in the right-wing leader who is up for re-election in 2027.

The visit comes after the U.S. provided $20 billion in aid to Argentina.

The administration denies that it was a bailout.

Later in the afternoon, President Trump awarded Charlie Kirk with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

Kirk's wife, Erica, accepted the medal for her late husband at a ceremony in the Rose Garden on what would have been the conservative activist's 32nd birthday.

The man who set fire to the Pennsylvania governor's mansion in April pleaded guilty today

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