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The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary

WASHINGTON (PBS) - The White House has begun the process of looking for a new leader at the Pentagon to replace Pete Hegseth, according to a U.S. official who was…

John McCarthy April 21, 2025

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Hegseth had a second Signal chat where he shared details of Yemen strike

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen’s…

John McCarthy April 21, 2025

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Pentagon watchdog launches probe into Signal chat

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others discussed a U.S. strike on Yemen. WASHINGTON (CNN) — The acting Inspector General of the Defense Department will review Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal…

John McCarthy April 3, 2025

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‘Fight club mentality’: Trump avoids firings as pressure grows

For nearly two decades, Donald Trump traded on the phrase, “you’re fired.” That sentiment is so far nowhere to be found in his White House. This year has already brought…

John McCarthy March 31, 2025

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Marines with skin condition affecting mostly black men could now be booted under new policy

WASHINGTON — A new Marine Corps policy says troops with a genetic skin condition that can cause pain and scarring from shaving and mainly affects Black men can be separated if the…

John McCarthy March 29, 2025

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Pete Hegseth brought wife to sensitive military meetings raising more questions in wake of Signalgate

WASHINGTON (DM) — Pete Hegseth, already under fire for leaking strike plans in a group chat that inadvertently included a journalist, reportedly brought his wife into at least two high-level…

John McCarthy March 29, 2025

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Israel provided intel for US strike on Houthi official mentioned in Signalgate

WASHINGTON — Israel provided sensitive intelligence from a human source in Yemen on a key Houthi military operative targeted in an attack described by national security adviser Mike Waltz in…

John McCarthy March 27, 2025

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SIGNALGATE: Atlantic releases the app chat showing Hegseth’s detailed war plans against the Houthis

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlantic today released the entire Signal chat among senior national security officials, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches and…

John McCarthy March 26, 2025

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4 American soldiers killed after they went missing on training mission in Lithuania just miles from the border

VILNIUS (NYP) — Four U.S. Army soldiers have died in Lithuania after they disappeared on a training site while on maneuvers just miles from the border, NATO’s Secretary General Mark…

John McCarthy March 26, 2025

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‘Signalgate’ escalates as Pete Hegseth and other Trump officials SUED over war plans chat

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's top officials at the center of a Signal chat leak scandal are now being sued. On Monday, the editor in chief of The Atlantic revealed he was added…

John McCarthy March 26, 2025