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The U.S. military has struck an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Eastern Pacific.

Empire Shandalee's Duster has more on the latest of multiple strikes in recent days.

U.S. Southern Command says it carried out a strike on a vessel along a drug trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific on Saturday.

The U.S. military says the boat was operated by a designated terrorist organization and was, quote, engaged in narco-trafficking operations.

Three men who Southern Command caused narco-terrorists were killed.

Video posted on social media by Southern Command shows a small boat

floating in the ocean and then a cloud of smoke after the strikes. This is the fourth strike

the U.S. military has conducted on alleged drug smuggling boats in recent days. Since September,

the U.S. military has targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean,

killing more than 200 people.

Criticism is growing around the legality of their attacks and whether they are even effective at stemming the flow of drugs.

Chandalee's Duster and PR News.

Primary elections continue across the country this week.

Voters are heading to the polls in a number of states Tuesday, including California,

Montana, and New Jersey.

And Pierre Stephen Fowler has more on key races to watch in Iowa. Iowa is no stranger to political attention in presidential elections, but a slate of surprisingly

competitive midterm contest highlights the state's

importance for both parties' futures. In Tuesday's primary, all eyes will be on the Democratic

race for U.S. Senate, where state lawmakers Josh Turrick and Zach Wall seek the nomination to run

against Congresswoman Ashley Henson. On the Republican side, there's a crowded field in the governor's primary.

But Friday evening, President Trump endorsed Congressman Randy Feinstra in an effort to push him

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