Families describe worsening conditions aboard U.S. aircraft carrier

Family members of sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier have described overflowing toilets and food shortages after nearly nine months at sea. Some sailors were reportedly said to have attempted to jump overboard.

The conditions have raised broader questions about the deployment of U.S. personnel to the Middle East and become a political liability for President Donald Trump as his party faces a difficult fight to retain control of Congress in November.

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