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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has moved to shutter the Pentagon office that helped military leaders plan for possible future wars. A memo signed by Hegseth dated March 13 reportedly said that ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is trying to harness two seemingly untamable forces: the Pentagon and the Department of Government Efficiency. First, he ordered the military to reallocate 8% of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has moved to shutter the Pentagon office that helped military leaders plan for possible future wars. A memo signed by Hegseth dated March 13 reportedly said that civil ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly planning an overhaul for the military’s lawyers to relax the rules of combat engagement and change how charges are brought against service members.

Then-Defense Secretary-nominee Pete Hegseth appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing at the Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 14, 2025 (AP photo by Alex Brandon).

Locations set up across the country to give military entrance exams to potential recruits have been forced to close or reduce hours due to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth halting the use of ...

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Arrogant ignorance seems to be the calling card of Donald Trump’s second term. The president’s puerile comedy routine during last week’s joint address to Congress, in which Republicans ...

During his confirmation hearing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth repeatedly insisted he is not a racist nor a misogynist, but wants "a Pentagon laser focused on warfighting, lethality, meritocracy ...

He's trying to remake the military into his fantasy of a country where straight white Christian men hold all the power and everyone else is marginalized, often to the point of exploitation.