Tom Bowman

They were headquartered in a compound once owned by the Taliban's leader, Mullah Omar.

Now, the Zero Unit was a highly select group that would mount night raids, go after Taliban fighters.

They were pretty brutal, and there were reports from Human Rights Watch that they engaged in torture and also illegal killings.

A source familiar but not authorized to speak publicly tells NPR's Tom Bowman that Hegseth ordered the first strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean on September 2nd, and then a follow-up strike that killed all survivors on board.

The Washington Post first reported this story that is raising serious questions about the legality of these strikes and whether they are war crimes.

The Pentagon has denied these reports, and Hegseth himself posted on X that these strikes are, quote, lawful under both U.S.

and international law.

They've been deployed since August, more than 2,000 troops, including 180 from West Virginia.

President Trump ordered the deployment, as you remember, to help reduce crime.

And they've been patrolling mostly in the tourist areas near the monuments in Georgetown.

And also they've been picking up trash, removing graffiti.

And just yesterday, the government filed an appeal looking to

have a ruling from a federal judge who blocked the deployment.

And just after the shooting, Defense Secretary Pete Hegs has said President Trump has ordered another 500 guard troops to D.C.

We're prepared to be unhappy, and we're not.

The proposal appears to give Russia everything they want in more.

Right now, the Russians control about 88% of the eastern Donbass region, and this proposal gives them all that land.

Also, Britain and other European nations had planned on sending troops to oversee a peace agreement.

That proposal says that will not happen.

Those are among the reasons the French foreign minister said peace cannot be a capitulation.