Vietnam has revved up South China Sea land reclamation efforts this year, beginning construction on eight previously untouched Spratly Islands features.
Justices were skeptical Monday that the case was an exception to other lawsuits against defense contractors, which usually get immunity in such litigation.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an investigation into the strikes in what appears to mark the first such UN condemnation.
The DHS secretary took a shot at congressional Democrats in a public statement announcing that members of the Coast Guard will receive their paychecks.