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Pentagon ends lie detector sweep as Hegseth faces leak probe
Pete Hegseth launched a leak crackdown. Then came Signal messages, resignations, and a quiet White House reversal ...
Hegseth’s ousting of female leaders may have ‘chilling effect’ at Pentagon
The unexplained removal of the first female head of the U.S. Naval Academy last week is the latest in a string of top military women who have either been fired or redelegated to largely invisible ...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill split along party lines over how much power to cede to the Pentagon
Under the Constitution, of the three branches of government, the legislative, the executive, and the judicial, the ...
West Point Bible crest controversy spurs Pentagon lawsuit from conservative watchdog
Conservative watchdog group sues for documents on the alleged removal of the West Point crest from chapel Bibles, following ...
Pentagon halts participation in research, think tank events
The Department of Defense (DOD) is halting the participation of its officials in research and think tank events, for now, ...
Musk's xAI was a late addition to the Pentagon’s set of $200 million AI contracts, former defense employee says
The initiative hadn’t been planned to include xAI’s Grok model as recently as March, the former Pentagon employee said.
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Pentagon Wants to Ban Officials from Participating in Forums Deemed Anti-Trump
The announcement comes just more than a week after the Pentagon pulled top military officials from attending a major security ...
US Lawmaker Presses for Details of Pentagon Use of Chinese Engineers Under Microsoft Deal
In a letter seen by Reuters, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, asked Hegseth to provide details to lawmakers ...
Pentagon tightens rules on getting medical waivers to join the military
The Pentagon says people with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of ...
700 Marines to withdraw from L.A., Pentagon says
The rare deployment of active-duty troops to a U.S. city will soon end, according to the Pentagon, which said 700 Marines ...
Pentagon freezes out DC think tanks in new move, citing 'America last' concerns
The Defense Department will now thoroughly vet conference invitations to ensure events advance Trump's agenda, following the ...