New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Congressional oversight intensifies after reports reveal Defense Secretary ordered second strike to eliminate survivors, while UN condemns 80+ deaths as extrajudicial killings violating international law

The Trump administration faces mounting scrutiny as lawmakers launch bipartisan investigations into military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that have killed more than 80 people since September, with fresh allegations emerging that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a follow-up attack to eliminate survivors from an initial strike.

The controversy intensified after The Washington Post reported that Hegseth, during his tenure as a senior White House advisor before his nomination as Defense Secretary,...