Venezuela is preparing to face a possible US attack with a military that has suffered a quarter-century of decay under its repressive revolutionary socialist government, experts say.

The Trump administration said Monday it has provided seven separate classified briefings on US military strikes on alleged drug boats, even as lawmakers have said they have not received the information they want.

The United States and China are not going to resolve all the issues that divide them before presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet Thursday in Busan, South Korea

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is being deployed to continue targeting suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean, the Pentagon said Friday.

The Pentagon is sending the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and supporting aircraft to waters near Central and South America as part of ongoing anti-drug trafficking operations.

The strike of 3,200 machinists comes as the US government is demanding defense contractors rapidly expand production for war with China.