A survey of Americans by the German Marshall Fund and NORC found that 59% of respondents agreed that the president should not use the federal military to monitor or administer elections. With the midterm elections expected to determine the Republican Party’s…
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US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth delivers his opening statement at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers' Informal Meeting in Cebu on October 28, 2026. JAM STA ROSA/Pool via REUTERS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed out yet…
Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reported on Wednesday that National Guard units are being quietly activated for the midterms even though Pentagon leaders have said they have “no plans” to involve themselves in elections.Citing military sources, he said the Guard’s…
Image via The White House. The Pentagon extended a special offer to its enlisted members to help them vote in the coming midterms, but according to a new breakdown from MS NOW, the gesture could very well have the opposite…
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his 2026 "State of the Force" address to US junior officers and enlisted leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, US, September 30, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/Pool Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s obsession with what…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a day off so troops can vote in the midterms, but experts say the move may come too late for some absentee ballots to arrive in time, and the troops who do vote may…
A little-known Pentagon aide who has helped shape some of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s most inflammatory speeches has a years-long trail of racist, homophobic and conspiratorial posts online, according to a CNN investigation. CNN combed through hundreds of Higgins’ social…
US Acting Secretary of the Army Adam R. Telle talks with Brigadier General Matt Ross as he inspects a CDDS AG kinetic interceptor drone during Falcon Peak, an exercise to test anti-drone technology by the US military at the Yuma Proving…
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The military, its budget and its use: Pete Hegseth's Pentagon, the spending and the nuclear arsenal.
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