House Democrats left a briefing on President Trump's strikes against alleged drug boats furious at the absence of lawyers to explain the administration's legal reasoning.

Why it matters: Lawmakers in both parties have for months been railing against the administration for not providing more evidence that the targets were indeed drug smugglers and that the strikes were legally justified. • Senate Democrats, meanwhile, were excluded altogether from a briefing on Wednesday, much to their frustration.

What happened: Members of the House Armed Services Committee were briefed by officials from the Pentagon and Joint Chiefs of Staff, but no lawyers, lawmakers and aides told Axios. • Most of the lawmakers' questions focused on the legal basis for the strikes, according to a source briefed on

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