Leadership removals, operational breakdowns, error-prone implementation and disputed personnel interventions.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., publicly called on President Trump to remove Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sept. 3, 2026, two days after Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned following reported clashes with Hegseth. "I have...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in recent weeks removed the names of at least six Army officers from a list of 18 who had been approved for promotion to two-star general by a board of senior Army leaders, NBC News...
The White House said on Aug. 31, 2026 that Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months in the job. An Army official, speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to comment, said Driscoll spoke...
The FBI has ended its categorical disqualification of job applicants who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes and will instead weigh at least some such candidates holistically, according to guidance issued this...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked the promotions of four Army officers selected for one-star rank, some with ties to senior Army generals he had removed, a U.S. official told The Hill anonymously on Aug. 28, 2026...
Confidential Kennedy Center documents obtained by The Washington Post show that ticket sales and fundraising collapsed after Trump's name was added to the building, even as the center's leaders publicly described his...
President Trump announced on Aug. 21 that Ed Martin is leaving his post as the Justice Department's pardon attorney to "fight Legal Battles" surrounding this year's midterm elections and the 2028 presidential election...
An Army official confirmed to CBS News on Aug. 20 that the service will phase out the Unmanned Assault Battalion, a unit in the 173rd Airborne Brigade created last year to absorb drone-warfare lessons from Ukraine. After...
The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold lost power on July 24, 2026 after what the Navy's 7th Fleet called an engineering casualty, and spent four days adrift in the South China Sea. Cmdr. Matthew Comer, the fleet...
Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Friday, Aug. 14, President Trump was asked by NBC News whether the USS Abraham Lincoln's deployment had run too long and whether he was concerned about sailors' mental...