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Trump administration briefing: Judge halts bid to use 18th-century wartime act for deportations

District judge orders planes be turned around after Trump deploys obscure act against Venezuelans; strikes ordered on Houthis in Yemen – key US politics stories from Saturday at a glance

The Guardian - AU

How Pete Hegseth is pushing his beliefs on US agency: ‘nothing to prepare forces’

As defense secretary shifts focus to culture war, some fear he is neglecting ‘future of warfare’ for US military

The Guardian - US

Arlington Cemetery scrubs info on famous Black, Hispanic, and female veterans to comply with Trump orders

The purge follows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s declaration that ‘DEI is dead’ as he implements Trump’s agenda at the Pentagon

The Independent UK

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Pete Hegseth shutters Pentagon office that helped military leaders plan for possible future wars

The office is often referred to as the Pentagon’s internal think tank and strategizes for possible future conflicts

The Independent UK

Pentagon considering military options for Panama Canal access: Report

Officials say US military’s Southern Command exploring multiple options, from working with Panama to military action.

Al Jazeera

Pete Hegseth moving to relax rules of engagement as part of military lawyer overhaul, says report

Administration sacked top military lawyers last month and now wants sweeping changes among judge advocate general’s corps

The Independent UK

Fears grow about plan to cut Pentagon medical research fund - Roll Call

The six-month continuing resolution before Congress would cut $1.2 billion from the Pentagon's health research into deadly diseases.

Roll Call

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If You Want To Cut Government Spending, You Can't Ignore the Pentagon

Since Congress began requiring annual audits in 2018, the Department of Defense has never passed.

Reason

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstructing justice

Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira has pleaded guilty to military charges of obstructing justice

The Independent UK

Pentagon to unveil cuts alongside fiscal 2026 budget request - Roll Call

Yet to be seen is the impact of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency assessment of Defense Department spending.

Roll Call

Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war

The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general’s corps

The Guardian - US

Trump administration lawyers tie themselves in knots trying to defend trans military ban to judge

‘You're going to get rid of all these very qualified people who the military has spent millions of dollars into training specialized jobs for no other reason than they have had gender dysphoria or they transition,’ the judge summarized

The Independent UK

‘80 years of lies and deception’: is this film proof of alien life on Earth?

A provocative new documentary that argues for the existence of extraterrestrials has drawn gasps and criticism at the SXSW film festival

The Guardian - US

Trump Said Guantanamo Bay Facility Could Hold 30,000 Migrants, But Right Now It's Fit For Less Than 1% Of That

Trump announced plans to open a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to house up to 30,000 migrants. So far it can hold 225

Latin Times

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Reason

Congress and DOGE Can Find Spending Cuts at the Department of Defense

The U.S. can defend itself at a lot less expense.

Roll Call

CR would provide $1.5 billion for extra, unrequested warship - Roll Call

The spending bill the House passed on Tuesday would add more than $1.5 billion to start building a warship that the Navy did not request.

Roll Call

House passes wrapup spending package ahead of Friday deadline - Roll Call

House Republicans muscled a stopgap funding measure to passage over Democratic opposition Tuesday, sending the bill to the Senate.

The Independent UK

Pete Hegseth says the Defense Department doesn’t ‘do’ climate change despite being one of the largest polluters

The U.S. military has been identified as the single-largest consumer of energy in the U.S. and the world’s single-largest institutional consumer of petroleum

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Salon

Paranoid Hegseth bans the Enola Gay

Trump’s defense secretary ends a 1965 policy barring racial segregation from contract facilities

The Independent UK

Classified doc leaker Jack Teixeira to face military court-martial trial this week

Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who is already in prison, is facing a military court-martial on additional charges

The Guardian - AU

Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be ‘crazy’ if Taiwan tensions flare

Nominee for undersecretary for defense policy says Aukus deal to deliver Virginia class submarines could leave US sailors ‘vulnerable’

Salon

Honestly, America should thank Ukraine

JD Vance and his boss are throwing away this century's greatest US accomplishment — and they don't even know it

Latin Times

Pete Hegseth Removes 'Enola Gay' Bomber Images Because They Contain the Word 'Gay'

Thousands of military images online either have been or are set to be removed following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's order to remove content showcasing diversity efforts within the military, including images of B-29 bomber Enola Gay due to having the word 'gay' in it.

The Independent UK

‘Gay’ Hiroshima bomber, female and Black soldiers being erased in shocking Pentagon DEI file purge

As many as 100,000 photos and online posts including a female Medal of Honor recipient, Black soldiers and people whose last name is ‘Gay’ may be axed in the diversity eradication ordered by Donald Trump

Al Jazeera

After Trump’s fiery row with Zelenskyy, Russia heaps praise on US leader

Meanwhile, Europeans are considering how to replace the US with raised defence commitments to Ukraine.

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