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Aide’s rise under Hegseth scrutinized in White House, Pentagon
Recently retired Marine Ricky Buria’s status as one of the few current aides appointed during the Biden era has elicited ...
Ted Cruz, John Cornyn back Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid criticism for Signal chats
Texas’ Republican U.S. senators are standing by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid criticism over his use of the messaging ...
Hegseth announces he’s ending Pentagon involvement in Trump initiative empowering women championed by Ivanka Trump and Rubio
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday he was ending the Defense Department’s Women, Peace and Security program, ...
Hegseth ‘proudly’ terminates Women, Peace and Security program supported by Trump
The defense secretary’s move to end the program that two fellow Trump Cabinet members helped establish while in Congress — ...
Hegseth vows crackdown on military obesity after shocking Reserve, Guard report
A new study found more than two-thirds of Reserve and Guard troops are overweight, prompting a scathing rebuke of lax ...
Hegseth boasts about ending ‘woke’ program on women and security that Trump had signed into law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted on social media Tuesday that he had dismantled a program supporting ...
Trump Admits He Had to Give Hegseth a Dressing Down
Despite publicly brushing off Pete Hegseth’s many scandals, it seems Trump is struggling to rein in the defense secretary ...
House Republicans block vote to probe Hegseth’s Signal use
House Republicans have thwarted Democratic efforts to probe Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial use of Signal, ...
Tracking Trump: Tariff uncertainty shrinks the economy; Pete Hegseth’s wife’s role in the Pentagon; public health changes; and more
What’s driving it: Tariff fear, most significantly. Uncertainty around Trump’s policies upended spending and drove a dramatic ...
Pete Hegseth Brags About Axing Women in Military Program Trump Enacted
Hegesth called the Women, Peace, and Security Act, which was signed into law by Trump, “yet another woke divisive/social ...
Hegseth Cuts Program Encouraging Women to Take Roles in National Security
The defense secretary said the Women, Peace and Security program distracted from the core task of “war-fighting” and that the ...
Most Americans think government should follow Pete Hegseth’s example on this, poll finds
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before President Donald Trump and ...