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Fox News has learned two B-1 bombers took off from Dyess Air Base in Texas Thursday morning, flying toward Venezuela as seen on open source flight trackers, according to senior U.S. official sources.

During a White House roundtable on immigration and crime crackdowns Thursday, President Donald Trump denied the report, which was first published by the Wall Street Journal.

“No, it’s not accurate. It’s false,” Trump said. “But we’re not happy with Venezuela for a lot of reasons, drugs being one of them, but also, they’ve been sending their prisoners into our country. … Nobody can do that.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not correct the president during the Q&A with reporters.

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