16 entries in the ledger
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco on Aug. 27 permanently barred the administration from enforcing the measures cutting Anthropic off from the federal government. In a 59-page opinion she voided Defense...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled top commanders in early 2025 on cutting the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response program, offering three options: cut 65% of staff but stay operational, keep only a small Washington...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said reports about the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln had been “completely misrepresented,” speaking to Newsmax while visiting Panama. The Navy confirmed to CBS News that a sailor...
Reuters reported on Aug. 4, 2026, that the United States has expended “virtually all” of its global stockpile of long-range precision missiles during the war with Iran, and CBS News confirmed the account with two sources...
An unreleased Department of War annual report shared with The Intercept says the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence went from 40 personnel in January 2025 to nine — seven civilians and two service members — by the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on May 23 and used it to attack the military's prior diversity policies. He called "diversity is our strength"...
Trump announced Operation Project Freedom on May 4, a U.S. military effort to escort merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian attacks on shipping. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was meant to...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed Navy Secretary John Phelan, with the Pentagon announcing on April 23, 2026 that Phelan was "departing the administration, effective immediately." No official reason was given...
In late November 2025, the Defense Department announced it was investigating Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, a retired Navy captain and former astronaut, over a video he and other Democratic lawmakers recorded urging...
On October 27, 2025, the U.S. military struck four vessels in the eastern Pacific in three separate strikes, killing 14 people and leaving one survivor — the deadliest single day of the campaign that began in early...