May 09 Pentagon orders military to pull library books about diversity, anti-racism, gender issues By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign to rid the military of diversity and equity programs, policies and instructional materials. Continue reading
May 08 Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being separated from the military in new Pentagon order By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify under a new directive issued Thursday. Continue reading
May 06 Hegseth directs active duty military to cut 20% of its four-star general officers By Tara Copp, Associated Press Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the active duty military to shed 20% of its four-star general officers. Continue reading
May 01 Reports of sexual assault in the military fell last year, led by significant drop in the Army By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A new Pentagon report says that the number of sexual assaults reported across the military fell by nearly 4% last year and there was a significant drop in the Army. Continue reading
Apr 28 Job cuts delay Pentagon plans to expand work on preventing military suicides and sex abuse By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Senior officials say personnel cuts across the Defense Department will delay plans to hire at least 1,000 more civilians to help prevent sexual assault, suicides and behavior problems within the military. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 4:37 Hegseth reportedly has unsecured internet line in Pentagon office for Signal By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi Pressure is building on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Washington Post first reported and the News Hour confirmed that Hegseth had the unclassified messaging app Signal installed on a computer in his Pentagon office. All of this is unfolding as… Continue watching
Apr 21 Hegseth had a second Signal chat where he shared details of Yemen strike, New York Times reports By Tara Copp, Associated Press The White House late Sunday dismissed the report as a "non-story," insisting that no classified information was shared. Continue reading
Apr 03 Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s sharing of Houthi strike plans in Signal chat By Tara Copp, Associated Press The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. Continue reading
Mar 25 Trump downplays officials texting military attack plans on Signal as minor ‘glitch’ By David Klepper, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Donald Trump is downplaying the texting of attack plans to a group chat that included a journalist as “the only glitch in two months” of his administration. Continue reading
Mar 19 Pentagon reviews plans to reduce troops handling migrants at Guantanamo Bay By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half, because there are no detainees there now and the program has stumbled… Continue reading