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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with House Democrats at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, defending the Trump administration’s handling of the Iran conflict and the firing of senior military leaders while pushing back against kritik that he misled the public, and urging approval of a $1.5 trillion defense budget as the war’s cost nears $25 billion to date.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a comprehensive U.S. military investigation into last month’s deadly school strike in Iran, signaling a shift toward examining how the attack occurred and suggesting U.S. forces’ potential responsibility rather than Iran’s role.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff reportedly complained about a March briefing’s images and prompted the Pentagon to bar press photographers from two subsequent briefings amid the U.S.–Israel–Iran tensions, raising questions about press access and censorship in national security coverage.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Scouting America will drop diversity, equity and inclusion programs and restrict participation to those who join in their biological gender to preserve its long-standing relationship with the U.S. military, while girls are allowed to participate for now and transgender children are denied entry.
The Pentagon is pressing Anthropic to grant access to its AI technology, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warning that the Defense Production Act could be invoked if the company does not accept terms favorable to the military by Friday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forced Col. David Butler’s retirement, removing a senior Army spokesman amid a long-running feud between Trump-era appointees and Milley-era allies.