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The Trump administration<\/span> is fighting an undeclared war in Yemen<\/a>, and it has not been shy about publicizing the details of its attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n But the administration is unwilling to level with the American people about the costs of war. U.S. Central Command, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the White House are keeping the number of U.S. casualties from this ongoing conflict secret. This amounts to a cover-up. Members of Congress are calling for accountability.<\/p>\n \u201cThe administration should be transparent about the number of U.S. casualties from the attacks on the Houthis,\u201d Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told The Intercept. \u201cI am also working to hold the administration accountable for its unauthorized strikes in Yemen.\u201d<\/p>\n After two decades <\/a>of intermittent war in Yemen, the U.S. officially launched Operation Rough Rider in March of this year, and has carried out strikes on more than 1,000 targets<\/a> in Yemen.<\/p>\n Since taking office, President Donald Trump has also ramped up conflicts in Iraq<\/a>, Somalia<\/a>, and Syria<\/a>, after running as an anti-war candidate<\/a> and pitching himself as a \u201cpeacemaker<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The strikes\u00a0in Yemen are targeting the Iran-backed Houthi government, which began launching\u00a0attacks\u00a0on vessels<\/a> \u2014 including U.S. Navy warships \u2014 in November 2023 over\u00a0the war\u00a0in Gaza<\/a>. Recent U.S. attacks in response have targeted civilian infrastructure<\/a> and, according to local reports, killed scores of innocent people<\/a>.<\/p>\n U.S. troops are also in harm\u2019s way. Earlier this week, a fighter jet fell off the side of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, the Navy said in a statement<\/a> on Monday. The Truman reportedly made a sharp turn to evade a Houthi attack, which caused the U.S. Navy F\/A-18 Super Hornet fighter to plunge overboard.\u00a0One sailor was injured in the chaos, and the $60 million plane was lost to the deep.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a tragic accident, and let\u2019s be clear \u2014 neither this service member, nor any of the other service members in Yemen, should have ever been in harm\u2019s way,\u201d Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., told The Intercept. \u201cTrump\u2019s strikes in Yemen are unconstitutional and Congress must assert its congressional war powers before another service member is injured in the line of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n How many other military personnel have been killed or wounded in the broader U.S. campaign against the Houthis, which began under the Biden administration, is being withheld from the American public.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n