President Donald Trump is inviting fresh congressional scrutiny over his power as commander in chief with a crackdown on drug smuggling off the coast of Venezuela .

In the coming weeks, Democrats will force a vote on Trump’s authority to sink boats that he says are run by “narcoterrorists” trafficking drugs into the United States, while the strikes have brought a new wave of congressional briefings.

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