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President Trump said Oct. 15 that the US military will not livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, reversing a plan Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had announced earlier in the month. Trump...
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 announced September 30, 2026, that Elon Musk, Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will co-lead "Project Meridian," a 120-day Pentagon review to identify...
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...
The Trump administration has removed language critical of a Confederate memorial from the Arlington National Cemetery website and its on-site historical marker, the Washington Post reported on September 7, 2026. The...
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...
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the senior Democrat on House Appropriations, disclosed on September 3, 2026 that the Defense Department and the National Institutes of Health had signed an interagency agreement giving the Pentagon...