Politics Nov 07 WATCH: Hegseth outlines new weapons buying priorities in remarks at National War College Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday the Pentagon is revamping how the military buys weapons, shifting the focus away from producing advanced and complex technology and toward products that can be made and delivered quickly.
Politics Nov 04 Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard the vessel, Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration's campaign in South American waters up to at least 66 people in at least 16 strikes.
Politics Nov 01 New Pentagon policy undercuts transgender troops’ ability to fight military ban, AP reports The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for transgender troops who have been banned from the armed forces by the Trump administration to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to…
Politics Oct 30 Hegseth orders military to send dozens of attorneys to help the Justice Department, AP learns Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall, according to a memo released this week and…
World Oct 28 U.S. launches strikes on 4 alleged drug-running boats in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military has carried out strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean on four boats accused of carrying drugs, killing 14 people and leaving one survivor in the deadliest single day since the…
World Oct 27 Navy loses two aircraft from USS Nimitz aircraft carrier within 30 minutes The three crew members of the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter were rescued on Sunday afternoon, and the two aviators in the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet ejected and were recovered safely.
Nation Oct 24 U.S. deploys aircraft carrier to waters off South America in major military escalation The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday, in the latest escalation of military firepower in a region where the Trump administration has unleashed more rapid strikes in recent days against boats it accuses…
Politics Oct 24 Another U.S. strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, Hegseth says It's the 10th strike on a vessel suspected of carrying drugs. The death toll of the Trump administration's campaign against drug cartels is up to at least 46 people.
World Oct 23 A timeline of U.S. military strikes on boats off South America and what Congress has said In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed at least 37 people in nine strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
Nation Oct 22 U.S. strikes 8th and 9th alleged drug-carrying boats, this time in the Pacific, Hegseth says The strikes represent an expansion of the military's targeting area as well as a shift to the waters off South America where much of the cocaine from the world’s largest producers is smuggled.