26 entries in the ledger
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will make public the Dec. 3 execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. The...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce, in a Sept. 30, 2026, address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, a plan to cut 20% of the Pentagon's general and admiral positions across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a Sept. 22, 2026 memo directing U.S. Cyber Command and the Pentagon's combat support agencies to prioritize intelligence and cyber capabilities to "track down, disrupt and...
On September 5, 2026, U.S. Central Command said American forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired two ballistic missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier and a guided-missile...
On September 4, 2026, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden refused to block the Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and Middle East reporter Lara Korte. The three had...
Reuters reported on September 4, 2026 that the White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, citing three people familiar with the discussions. The effort was...
The New York Times reported on September 4, 2026 that investigators gave polygraph examinations to about 50 members of the military's Joint Staff last month, asking whether they had given reporters classified information...
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...
The Washington Post reported on Sept. 2, 2026 that the Pentagon removed decades of Secretary of Defense Orders Book documents from an internal portal on the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, the "secret"-level...
The Washington Post reported on August 30, 2026 that the Pentagon had quietly employed several veteran influencers in undisclosed civilian roles under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Pentagon records the Post reviewed...