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November 13, 2025

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Defense Secretary Hegseth formally named Operation Southern Spear, launching large-scale military campaign without congressional authorization

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth formally announced "Operation Southern Spear" on November 13, 2025, after approximately 20 U.S. strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific had killed roughly 80 people without congressional authorization. The announcement coincided with deployment orders for the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group, bringing roughly 12,000 U.S. sailors and Marines to the region in what officials described as the largest U.S. military buildup in Latin America in generations. Trump publicly stated he would not seek a war declaration from Congress.

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins certified prejudicial ballot summary for congressional redistricting referendum

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins certified a ballot summary on or about November 13, 2025 for a referendum on the state's 2025 Trump-backed congressional redistricting map, describing the map it would repeal as "gerrymandered" and protective of "incumbent politicians" while praising the new map's compactness and fit with statewide voting patterns without any comparable description of its own effects. The PAC People Not Politicians sued on November 20, 2025, alleging the summary was written to bias voters toward keeping the new map, and at a January 9, 2026 hearing Hoskins's own attorney conceded the language came close to being "inherently argumentative and likely to create prejudice."