One of President Donald Trump's allies in Congress on Sunday undercut a key claim the president has made about the administration's strikes against drug boats in international waters, according to a new report.

Over the last several weeks, the Trump administration has conducted at least 15 strikes against alleged drug boats, killing about 65 people in total, according to reports. That administration has also claimed that it does not need Congress's approval to conduct the strikes, even though both Republicans and Democrats have questioned the legality of the operations.

Trump has also said that he is planning to attack military installations inside Venezuela, one of the countries where the drug boats have originated from.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) undercut those claims during an interview with CBS' Margaret Brennan on Sunday, Politico reported.

“Talking hypotheticals about invading Venezuela, I mean, that’s not really what we’re talking about right now,” Crenshaw said, according to the report.

He also defended Trump's strikes, arguing that they amount to "deterrence."

"Deterrence almost always works, especially when you are dealing with dictators like Maduro,” Crenshaw said. “They only listen to one thing, which is power. And Venezuela has been largely left alone by American administrations. The Western Hemisphere has been left alone, and I think this president is taking it much more seriously.”

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A CNN political analyst issued a dire warning about upcoming statewide elections, which he argued could mark "another milestone" in the "partitioning of America."

CNN Senior Political Analyst Ronald Brownstein wrote in a new article published on Sunday that elections occurring this week, from Virginia to New Jersey and California, could cause some political parties to believe they have "virtually no prospects or interests" in their opponent's sphere of influence, and accelerate the redistricting fight taking place across the country.

The article was issued at a time when President Donald Trump has called on Republican-led legislatures to redraw their election maps to help Republicans secure a majority in the House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm election.

"This week’s election will likely mark another milestone in the partitioning of America into divergent and increasingly hostile blocs of red and blue states," Brownstein wrote.

" Trump may feed these centrifugal forces in a uniquely dangerous manner," Brownstein wrote. "But as each party comes to believe it has virtually no prospects or interests in the other’s sphere of influence, the tendency will only grow on each side to view the other less as neighbors than as adversaries. No one can predict exactly what will flow from that rising animosity, but even the direst possibilities no longer seem inconceivable."

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Conservative New York Times columnist David French penned a blistering takedown of the "dark deeds" behind President Donald Trump's brazen "self-dealing" during his second stint in the White House.

In a new column, French blasted Trump for accepting a $400 million plane from a foreign government, pardoning a cryptocurrency billionaire with links to Trump's businesses, and openly calling for his political foes to be prosecuted. French argued that the efforts of GOP leaders like Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to defend the president's actions show how Trump has created a new political paradigm.

"If there is no cover-up, then there must not have been a crime," French wrote.

"If there is a word that describes the second Trump administration, it’s brazen," French continued. "While I certainly hold open the possibility that dark deeds are being done in secret, one thing that is remarkable is how open and obvious he is with his self-dealing."

French also described some of the statements made in defense of Trump's self-dealing as "remarkable." For instance, he pointed to Johnson's claim that Trump is being "transparent" about his actions as president.

"That’s a remarkable statement, and it’s assuredly not a real defense of Trump’s conduct," French wrote. "It’s as if Johnson is arguing that a bank robbery is only a crime if the assailant wears a mask. But if the robber walks in and smiles for the security cameras? Well, that’s out in the open. He’s not trying to conceal anything."

"Whether it’s by instinct or intention, Trump seems to have stumbled onto two key truths about his partisan supporters: They are desperate to rationalize, excuse and justify anything that he does, and they do not know much of anything about the law," he continued.

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