From bashing Zelensky to lobbying senators, Vance settles in as Trump’s No. 2
Vice President JD Vance put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on notice, rattled the confidence of century-old allies in ...
Hegseth defends Trump’s firings of Pentagon leaders and says there may be more dismissals
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump’s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a wave of top dismissals at the Pentagon, insisting that they weren’t unusual ...
Hegseth responds to blowback over Friday night Pentagon purge
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday defended the purge of top-level military officials amid blowback to the Friday night firings. The firing of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. CQ Brown Jr., ...
RFK Jr. on glidepath to become HHS secretary after clearing first Senate vote
The Senate voted Wednesday to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, teeing him up for confirmation Thursday morning. The GOP-controlled cham ...
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Defense secretary revokes security detail and clearance for Trump critic Gen. Mark Milley, orders investigation
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday revoked the security ... to ongoing threats from his public-facing role during the Covid-19 pandemic. And on Tuesday morning, CNN confirmed that former ...
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Transgender advocates to challenge Trump executive order on military service
1st full day on job for Hegseth The Trump moves came as Pete Hegseth reported for his ... on bringing back troops discharged for refusing COVID-19 vaccines. Thousands of service members were ...
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Pete Hegseth Has Said 'Women Shouldn't Be in Combat Roles' in US Military. Here's His Reasoning
From late 2024 onward, a claim circulated online that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said women should not serve in military combat roles. Shortly after President Donald Trump nominated him ...
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Trump takes aim at DEI, Covid-19 expulsions and transgender troops
reinstated thousands of troops who had been kicked out for refusing Covid-19 vaccines during the pandemic, and one that appeared to be aimed at transgender troops. Earlier on Jan 27, Mr Pete ...
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Hegseth vows Pentagon is all-in on Trump’s mass deportation push
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived at the Pentagon ... out because they resisted vaccine mandates during the Covid-19 pandemic. The new Defence Secretary was greeted on his arrival ...
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Trump signs flurry of military executive orders on Pete Hegseth's first day as defense secretary
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise ... troops booted for refusing COVID-19 vaccines. ″We will offer full ...
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President Trump signs order that likely sets in motion a future ban on transgender troops
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the ... who had been booted for refusing COVID-19 vaccines, outlined new rollbacks in ...