Pete Hegseth
US Navy destroyer stranded for four days in South China Sea without bathrooms or AC - report
Former Navy captain Charles Schuster gave his viewpoint on the incident, himself having been in the same situation for four hours in an incident near Puerto Rico.
SNAFU on the Potomac: Trump, Iran, and the dysfunction in Washington - opinion
Conditions aboard USS Lincoln 'exacerbated by decision to start Iran war,' senators tell Hegseth
Trump, Hegseth deny concerns of poor conditions, low morale reported aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
Iran will never have a nuclear weapon under US deal, Hegseth says
"What I would say the president has been most clear about is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon - never, full stop," Hegseth said.
US strikes Iran for second day, hitting military surveillance capabilities, air defense systems
“Those strikes that will happen tonight will be strong and clear, and if they have to happen tomorrow night they will be strong and clear,” Hegseth asserted, adding that US CENTCOM will be “busy."
Hegseth blocked female, minority Navy officers from promotion to admiral - report
According to the report, Pentagon rules outline that the defense secretary is only supposed to remove officers from the promotion list for professional failings that would impact their new role.
Trump admin. in advanced talks to directly fund US drone firms to boost production - report
People familiar with the deal said it would allow drone makers to scale up production while simultaneously bringing down prices. The funding the US would supply would not be for buying drones
Pentagon chief sounds 'alarm' over China's buildup, urges allies to boost defense spending
Trump, who met with China's President Xi Jinping earlier this month, has pointedly said European and NATO partners should reduce reliance on Washington.
US ready to restart strikes on Iran if no deal reached, Pentagon chief says
President Trump said on Friday he would meet in a secure White House room to make a "final determination" on a proposal to end the Iran war.
Trump’s Evangelical alliance alarms defenders of religious freedom - opinion
In America, the assault on basic democratic principles continues, with Christian nationalism increasingly in the forefront.
Iran’s parliament to vote on bill offering €50 million reward for killing Trump, Netanyahu
The bill, titled “Reciprocal action by military and security forces of the Islamic Republic,” is one of several pieces of legislation aimed at formalizing the threats made by the regime.
Pete Hegseth welcomes USS Gerald R. Ford home after record deployment
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth presented the crew with the Presidential Unit Citation award, the highest collective honor a military unit can receive in the US Armed Forces.
US-Israel attacks on Iran could resume as early as next week - report
US President Donald Trump said Iran can either make a deal or "get annihilated," adding that the Islamic Republic has refused to acknowledge multiple deals already agreed to.
