Republican senator calls Trump’s military airstrikes ‘extrajudicial killings’

<p>Rand Paul’s comments come days after president claimed US lawmakers wouldn’t take issue with Venezuelan strikes</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/us-strikes-caribbean-cia-role">Exclusive: CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say</a></p></li></ul><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>’s military <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/25/trump-venezuela-strikes-regime-change">airstrikes</a> against boats off Venezuela’s coast that the White House claims were being used for drug trafficking are “extrajudicial killings”, said <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/rand-paul">Rand Paul</a>, the president’s fellow Republican and US senator from Kentucky.</p><p>Paul’s strong comments on the topic came on Sunday during an interview on Republican-friendly Fox News, three days after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> publicly claimed he “can’t imagine” federal lawmakers would have “any problem” with the strikes when asked about seeking congressional approval for them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/27/rand-paul-trump-military-airstrikes-venezuela">Continue reading...</a>