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
Mar 18 Watch 5:28 Pentagon history purge highlights which stories are told and why others are ignored By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens The Trump administration’s efforts to strip diversity, equity and inclusion prompted the Defense Department to remove thousands of pages and images honoring the contributions of women and people of color. The Pentagon is restoring some of those web pages, saying… Continue watching
Mar 18 Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs, administration aims for at least 5 percent total reduction By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The official said Tuesday that to reach the goal of a 5 percent to 8 percent cut in a civilian workforce of more than 900,000, the department aims to cut another 6,000 positions a month by simply not replacing workers… Continue reading
Mar 18 Pentagon restores some webpages honoring minority service members but defends DEI purge By Leah Willingham, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Tara Copp, Associated Press The Pentagon says internet pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor winner and Japanese American service members were mistakenly taken down. But it is defending its campaign to strip out content singling out the contributions by women and minority groups. Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing on U.S. strikes on Yemen's Houthis By Associated Press Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated those strikes have killed “dozens” of militants and would continue in the coming days. Continue reading