16 entries in the ledger
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...
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...
Max D. Lederer Jr., publisher of Stars and Stripes since 2007, announced his retirement on Tuesday, effective September 30, ending a three-decade career at the news organization amid Pentagon efforts to expand oversight...
President Trump announced Aug. 12 that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 28, will leave her post at the end of the month to spend more time with her two young children, and will continue as an outside adviser...
President Trump announced on August 9, 2026 that staff secretary Will Scharf will become White House counsel effective September 1, replacing David Warrington, who is leaving for the private sector. Scharf was one of...
Will Rosenzweig, a former assistant U.S. attorney in Miami, sued the Justice Department, Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones on Aug. 7, seeking his job back plus back pay and damages...
On July 20, 2026, the Commerce Department confirmed that Chris Fall, director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), was resigning after roughly three months in the role. Fall was appointed in April to...
FBI Director Kash Patel terminated a group of bureau employees on February 26, 2026 who had worked on the investigation into Trump's retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, including agents who took part in the...
Stephen Miran resigned as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers in early February 2026 while remaining a governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Miran had joined the Fed in September 2025 to fill an...
By December 2025, tension between Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House border czar Tom Homan had become public, reported by Axios and other outlets as a months-long clash rooted partly in personality...