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President also declared the US is now in a ‘non-international conflict’, according to a White House memo The Trump administration is trying to justify strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats by advancing a novel legal theory that the US is now in a “non-international armed conflict” according to a person familiar with a notification to Congress. The notification was provided by senior Pentagon officials as part of an attempt to explain the Trump administrations legal arguments for the strikes, including a classified briefing to members of the senate armed services committee on Wednesday. It comes after the US military conducted strikes on three boats in the Caribbean Sea last month that killed 17 people and triggered widespread international outrage, especially in Central and South America. The administration is required by law to report to Congress the US government’s use of… (Updated 3 Oct 2025, 03:45 IST; source: link)