61 entries in the ledger
In a fact sheet issued Aug. 31, the White House set out the terms of the Venezuela oil arrangement Trump announced three days earlier. Venezuelan interim authorities have granted North American Blue Energy Partners, or...
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote to Sen. Elissa Slotkin that "the Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military personnel or Federalized members of the National Guard to polling places...
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...
A review published Aug. 31, 2026 by the conflict monitor Airwars, verified by the Associated Press, found that three missiles that struck the Iranian city of Lamerd on Feb. 28 killed civilians as far as 50 meters (164...
The Aug. 14 Secretary of Defense Orders Book records that the commanders of U.S. European, Pacific and Southern Commands, with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, entered a formal "non-concur" against Defense...
The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon has placed several retired officers with large social-media followings into undisclosed government roles while they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's positions and...
The Pentagon agreed on Aug. 28, 2026 to keep three Stars and Stripes employees on administrative leave for another week so a court could consider their wrongful-termination suit. Editor in Chief Erik Slavin, Middle East...
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...
Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed a petition on Aug. 28, 2026 asking the Supreme Court to review a D.C. Circuit ruling that barred the Pentagon from enforcing its ban on service by people with gender dysphoria. Sauer...
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...