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Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Lawmakers from both parties are launching reviews of the Trump

administration strikes on alleged drug boats. The development comes after reports that defense secretary

Pete Hegseth authorized a follow-up strike to kill defenseless survivors of a U.S. missile attack on a boat in the

Caribbean Sea. Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly says Hegsef needs to

answer questions about the strikes. With the consent of Republicans in the United States Senate,

he has surrounded himself with people like the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegeseth,

who will do whatever he says with no question, no matter what. Trump and Hegsef, they care more about

publicity than they do about the rule of law. The White House says a Navy Admiral ordered the

second strike on the alleged drug boat, a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly,

pushed back on the administration's narrative. The official told NPR that

Hegseth ordered two strikes to kill and two additional strikes to sink the boat.

Afghans who were in the process of settling in the U.S. say their dreams feel even further away.

That's after an Afghan national shot and killed one national guard and wounded another in Washington,

another in Washington, D.C. last week. NPR's

Adia Hadid reports. Following the deadly attack, the Trump administration announced all immigration

requests of Afghan nationals would be halted indefinitely pending a review of vetting protocols.

That's impacted thousands of Afghans within the U.S. and some 265,000 Afghans whose applications

were being processed, like Ali and Afghan who lives in hiding in Pakistan.

He requests NPR not use his full name.

He's at risk of deportation to Afghanistan, where he fears he'll be harmed or killed.

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