Congress ups pressure to release boat strike video with threat to Hegseth's travel budget

Congressional lawmakers from both parties are attempting to force the Trump administration to release unedited video footage of a controversial September 2nd military strike in the Caribbean by restricting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget. The incident involved a "double-tap" attack where a second strike killed two survivors clinging to wreckage from an initial strike that killed nine people, raising serious questions about whether the action violated laws of war requiring combatants to rescue wounded survivors. The provision is embedded in a massive defense spending bill authorizing $901 billion, and would limit three-quarters of Hegseth's travel funds until the footage is provided to congressional committees.