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Trump administration drone strike policy

The Trump administration rolled back reporting requirements and presided over renewed or expanded strike activity in different theaters

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Jan 25, 2026

What changes to drone and lethal-authority policies did the Biden administration make after Obama?

administration moved to tighten procedural safeguards on and other lethal actions compared with era by reinstating higher civilian-protection standards, centralizing final approval authority, and form...

Jan 24, 2026

How have legal authorities and policies for US drone strikes changed under each president since 2009?

From 2009 onward drone strike policy moved from the secretive expansion begun under Bush to a partly codified , then to a looser, more operationally permissive -era posture, and into a that has oscill...