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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he did not see two survivors on an alleged drug boat struck in the Caribbean.

But NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, Hegsteth says an admiral made the correct decision to sink the boat.

Speaking at a White House cabinet meeting, the defense secretary said that he had

authorized Admiral Frank Bradley to execute the operation, but that he himself was not in the room

when the second strike occurred. I watched that first strike lot. As you can imagine, at the

Department of War, we got a lot of things to do. So I didn't stick around for the hour and two

hours, whatever,

where all the sensitive site exploitation digitally occurs. So I moved on to my next meeting.

The original attack killed nine people on the boat, leaving two survivors, who, according to the

Washington Post, were clinging to the boat. Hegseth said he learned later of the additional

strike, killing the survivors. An act that critics say learned later of the additional strike, killing the survivors,

an act that critics say in a time of war would constitute a war crime. Franco, Ordoñez, NPR News,

the White House. The Trump administration says it will withhold snap food aid from recipients

in most democratic-controlled states if they don't provide information

about recipients, including immigration status. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the action

will root out fraud in the program. Democratic-led states have sued to block the requirement.

The tech billionaires behind Dell are donating more than $6 billion that will go into investment

accounts for children. Michael and Susan Dell announced the donation today. NPR's Stephen

Bessaha reports the money will be used to expand soon to be created Trump accounts.

25 million children under the age of 11 will get $250 invested in Trump accounts that will include kids born too early

to get one of the $1,000 investments that will be set up for eligible children, born between

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