When journalism reveals a government’s dirty deeds, a country founded on constitutional constraints faces a stark test. Reports allege that a senior U.S. official ordered Special Operations commanders to “kill everybody” on a suspected Venezuelan drug boat in...

The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are justifiably provoking outrage. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently proclaimed, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.” Donald Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that...