A judge has rejected Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to retaliate against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a former Navy captain and astronaut who incurred the wrath of the Pentagon chief when he reminded active service members that they do not have to carry out illegal orders. Judge Richard Leon, of the U.S. District Court for … Read more
The Pentagon said Friday it is cutting ties with Harvard University, ending all military training programs, fellowships and certificates with the Ivy League institution. The announcement marks the latest development in the Trump administration’s long standoff with Harvard over White House demands for reforms at the Ivy League school. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent that would justify the Pentagon’s censure of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped call for troops to resist illegal orders from the Trump administration. Senator Mark Kelly had a front seat in the courtroom as his lawyers … Read more
Pete Hegseth’s bomb-first, question-later approach to alleged narcoterrorists is reportedly helping those same terrorists get off scot-free. A direct bombing by Hegseth on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Ecuador destroyed the evidence that was crucial to the prosecution of the survivors, according to a damning report by the Washington Post. Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila, … Read more
Administrator Alvin Holsey, the commander of US Southern Command who reportedly clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the legality of US military strikes in the Caribbean, officially retired on Friday in a ceremony in Florida where he handed the reins of command to his deputy. Holsey thanked his wife, sons – one of whom … Read more
The US Navy has submitted its recommendations on potential punishments for Democratic Senator Mark Kelly over his participation in a video reminding US troops that they have a duty to refuse illegal orders, a Pentagon official told CNN on Thursday. Those recommendations have been submitted to the Pentagon’s Office of the Attorney General “where they … Read more
According to a new report, President Donald Trump is starting to get bored with the ongoing controversies currently plaguing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. While the president has stood by Hegseth in public, he has shown less enthusiasm behind closed doors, The Atlantic reported Friday, citing several unnamed sources familiar with the White House discussions. “[Trump] … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) – With the meeting of the Cabinet of the White House of Tuesday that passed from two hours, the eyes of the President Donald Trump fell and closed. His budget director worked himself up a fluffy cloud. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was lucky enough to speak early, but the title on his nameplate … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US military would have committed a crime if it killed the survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat, legal experts say. It doesn’t matter if the United States is in “armed conflict” with the drug cartels as the Trump administration asserts. Such a deadly second strike would violate peacetime … Read more
The White House said Monday that a Navy admiral acted “within his authority and the law” when he ordered a second follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea in a US military operation in September that came under bipartisan scrutiny. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered the justification for the … Read more