Alex Horton

1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Alex Horton, The Washington Post

   Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war (opens the original)

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   The Pentagon’s public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased by 37 this week without explanation from the Defense Department. The increase includes 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines, according to a review of the Pentagon’s public database of personnel killed and wounded during U.S. conflicts and other military operations overseas. The web portal is called the Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS. As of Wednesday, the total number of troops wounded during the I

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2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Alex Horton, Samantha Schmidt and Warren P. Strobel, The Washington Post

   Drug cartels are making alarming drone advances, US assessment warns (opens the original)

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   The rapidly accelerating use of drones among Latin American drug cartels will significantly complicate the Trump administration’s campaign to halt the flow of illicit narcotics into the United States and eliminate the criminal networks that produce and traffic them, according to a U.S. official familiar with an internal government assessment and others with knowledge of the matter. Of chief concern, these people said, is the continued exploitation of individuals with recent battlefield experie

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3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Alex Horton, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Maria Sacchetti, Ted Hesson, The Washington Post

   ICE is quietly firing new hires. For one recruit, it was devastating. (opens the original)

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   If you or someone you know needs help, visit 988lifeline.org or call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. Joseph Moore had dreamed of a life in law enforcement since he was a teenager. “Policing is in my blood,” he wrote a Pennsylvania town’s supervisors in 2020. “There is no other career for me.” But the Marine reservist struggled to advance his career, according to employment records included in federal court filings. Two law enforcement agencies fired him, and others reject

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4. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Alex Horton, Terrence McCoy, Samantha Schmidt, Dylan Moriarty, The Washington Post

   67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, US officials report. (opens the original)

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   The Trump administration’s deadly military strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats have not reduced the amount of cocaine entering the United States, but they’re prompting criminal organizations to develop new strategies and tactics and undermining traditional investigative methods, according to a previously unreported assessment by the Drug Enforcement Administration, a closed-door congressional briefing and interviews with current and former U.S. and foreign officials. In a recent assess

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