Dec 03 Watch 3:10 Hegseth's Signal chat put U.S. personnel at risk, Pentagon watchdog finds By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn A Pentagon watchdog report has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. service members at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to discuss a military strike in Yemen earlier this year. His use of Signal came to… Continue watching
Dec 03 Pentagon watchdog says Hegseth's use of Signal app put U.S. personnel at risk, AP sources say By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The Pentagon’s watchdog has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. Continue reading
Dec 03 Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny from Congress over Caribbean boat strikes By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press President Donald Trump is standing by Hegseth, whose Cabinet position is among the most important. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 4:43 Trump and Hegseth distance themselves from follow-on strike on suspected drug boat By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev The first attack in the Trump administration’s campaign in the Caribbean has become the most contentious. A U.S. official tells PBS News the military struck an alleged drug boat four times on September 2. President Trump and Pete Hegseth defended… Continue watching
Dec 02 Sabrina Carpenter, Franklin the Turtle publisher condemn the Trump administration's use of their work on social media By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Carpenter tweeted Tuesday: “this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”… Continue reading
Dec 02 WATCH: Hegseth says he 'didn't stick around' after giving order for 1st boat strike on Sept. 2 By Steff Staples Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that he learned about the second strike on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2 hours after giving the order for the first strike. Continue reading
Dec 02 WATCH: Trump defends boat strikes, attacks Somali immigrants in final Cabinet meeting of the year By Will Weissert, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press The president started things off by noting that it was the last time his Cabinet would gather until 2026. The sleepy, and occasionally slipshod, gathering ended with a flurry of news. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 3:57 White House says U.S. fired twice at alleged drug boat, raising bipartisan legal concerns By Nick Schifrin, Solveig Rennan The White House confirmed that the military fired twice at a suspected drug boat during its campaign of airstrikes in the Caribbean. A source familiar with what happened tells PBS News that a second strike in early September came despite… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 6:15 'That 2nd strike was a violation of the laws of war,' former senior military lawyer says By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn For perspective on the U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats and the legal concerns, Geoff Bennett spoke with retired Maj. Gen. Steven Lepper. He served as the Air Force's Deputy Judge Advocate General, and as such, was the service's… Continue watching
Dec 01 What the law says about killing survivors of a boat strike, according to experts By Ben Finley, Associated Press Leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime, legal experts say. Continue reading