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halfway through the month.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed.

First up, the U.S. military strikes a second Venezuelan boat accused of carrying narcotics toward American shores.

We'll have those details.

Later in the show, Israel launches its largest ground assault of the war with Hamas, sending tens of thousands of troops into Gaza City. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. We start today with another

Venezuelan narco vessel now at the bottom of the Caribbean,

as President Trump's campaign against cartels notched its second strike on Monday, this time

destroying a boat reportedly loaded with cocaine and fentanyl that was bound for American shores.

The president released a video on truth social of what he called a kinetic strike,

underscoring that he had personally ordered the attack. The vessel was hit in international waters

under U.S. Southern Command's watch, and Trump said three traffickers were killed.

Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters, quote, all you have to do is look at the cargo.

It was spattered all over the ocean, big bags of cocaine and fentanyl all over the place. We know what time they're leaving, when they are leaving, which, okay, admittedly it's a little redundant, what they had and all the other things you'd like to have, end quote. He added that no U.S. forces were harmed. On truth social, Trump ratcheted up his message,

posting in all caps, which means he's serious, be warned if you are transporting drugs that can

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