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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s affiliation with the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches – commonly called the CREC – drew attention even before his confirmation hearings in January 2025. More recently, media reports highlighted a Pentagon prayer led by Hegseth and his pastor, Brooks Potteiger, in which they praised President Donald…

Director of national intelligence changes course after being rebuked by president for casting doubt on his nuclear claim

Friday’s meeting comes a day after Trump said he would decide whether to attack Iran ‘within two weeks’. Plus, Los Angeles Dodgers say they denied Ice agents entry to stadium

A recently announced Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact has sparked a renewed bout of debate in Australia. Led by the “AUKUS-agnostic” US Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, the review raises serious questions over whether Australia will receive its US-made Virginia-class submarines on schedule from 2032.

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Juneteenth was named a federal holiday four years ago under then-President Joe Biden

Messaging request for holiday marking Black emancipation comes as Trump administration wages anti-DEI campaign

Exclusive: The likelihood of a successful US strike on the Iranian nuclear facility buried deep underground at Fordow is a topic of deep contention, defense officials say

The question of Australia joining the US in a conflict with China over Taiwan looms over the debate about our military preparedness and defence spending

Defense secretary had contentious hearing in which he sparred with Democratic senators over various issues

‘He’s got the look of the general that both Hegseth and Trump are looking for,’ one former official said