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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

President Trump says he's commuted the sentence of former congressman George Santos.

He's serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges.

The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 people,

including his own family members, to make donations to his campaign.

Admiral Alvin Horsley is leaving U.S. Southern Command because of concerns about deadly U.S.

strikes against alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean.

That's according to a U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly, as NPR's

Quill Lawrence reports. Secretary of Defense Pete Higsef announced that Admiral Alvin Halsey would

retire after 37 years in the military. But it's almost unheard of for an officer not to finish the

full three years of a command like this, especially in the middle of a military buildup.

Thousands of U.S. troops have moved into position off the Venezuelan coast,

and the U.S. has destroyed several vessels the White House claims were carrying narcotics.

Critics say those strikes amount to execution without trial.

A U.S. official told NPR that Halsey recently met with Hegseth at the Pentagon

to express his concerns about these strikes and that

his resignation was announced by Hegseh shortly after. Quill Lawrence NPR News.

President Trump appears to be walking back plans to sell long-range tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

that would allow it to strike deep into Russia. Trump mentioned the possibility of providing

the powerful weapon to Ukraine earlier this week, but has been more reticent since a phone call with Russian president, Vladimir Putin, as NPR's Deepa Shivaram explains.

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