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Top Hegseth adviser escorted from Pentagon and put on leave in leak probe

U.S. Defense Secretary named Dan Caldwell as his chief point of contact in the now-infamous Signal group chat inadvertently leaked last month

The Independent UK

With Palantir stock taking off, CEO Alex Karp has finally been vindicated

Palantir’s strategy of building software for defense and intelligence agencies has taken off, and Silicon Valley is following Karp’s lead.

Fortune

Pentagon Accused Of Turning Blind Eye To Extremism In Ranks As Soldier Revealed To Be Neo-Nazi TikTok Follower

The Pentagon inspector general scrapped plans in February to investigate the military's training for countering extremism by groups like Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in the ranks

International Business Times

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Pentagon Accused of Turning Blind Eye to Extremism in Ranks as Soldier Revealed to be Neo-Nazi TikTok Follower: 'Should Be End of His Career'

The Pentagon inspector general scrapped plans in February to investigate the military's training for countering extremism by groups like Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in the ranks

Latin Times

Gen. Caine has taken over as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Air Force Gen. Dan Caine has been sworn in as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a flurry of paperwork was finished, allowing him to fill the job nearly two months after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor

The Independent UK

Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower

US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war

The Guardian - US

The Determined Spy: Frank Wisner, the CIA and a covert career cut short

New biography tells story of operative who directed coups in Iran and Guatemala and grappled with mental illness

The Guardian - US

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The Latest: Global tariff battle escalates as China retaliates with 125% tariffs on US goods

China has announced that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125%

The Independent UK

Trump Admin Cancels $5.1B Pentagon IT Contracts With Accenture, Deloitte

According to a memo shared on Thursday, Hegseth described the spending on outside consultants as unnecessary. "These terminations represent $5.1 billion in wasteful spending ... and nearly $4 billion in estimated savings."

International Business Times

Panama Claims U.S. Recognized Canal Sovereignty, Pentagon Statement Doesn't Say So

"We certainly understand that the Panama Canal is in Panama, and protecting Panamanian sovereignty from malign influence is important", said Secretary of Defense Hegseth when asked about sovereignty

Latin Times

Pentagon Chief Says US Could 'Revive' Panama Bases

Latin Times

Trump promises to raise military budget to $1 trillion even as DOGE hacks other agencies to the bones

President says some of the funding to pay for the increase would come from savings under Elon Musk’s department

The Independent UK

Pentagon official: US military has no authority to do drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico

A top Pentagon official says that special operations forces do not have the authority to launch drone attacks at drug cartels in Mexico

The Independent UK

Pentagon Chief Fires US Military Representative To NATO

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a senior US officer assigned to NATO, the Pentagon announced Tuesday, saying her removal was due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead.

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The Independent UK

Army reenlists nearly two dozen soldiers ousted for refusing COVID-19 vaccine

Officials say the Army has reenlisted more than 23 soldiers who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine

The Guardian - US

Harriet Tubman webpage targeted amid Trump-led anti-DEI efforts

US park service deletes quote and image of abolitionist from webpage, instead emphasizing ‘Black/White cooperation’

The Independent UK

Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge

Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week

Al Jazeera

Pentagon confirms four-star general’s firing amid Trump security purge

US President Donald Trump acknowledged he has taken advice from a far-right media personality about who to fire.

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The Independent UK

Trump’s Yemen bombing campaign could cost $1bn by next week, with little to show for it

Trump’s war in Yemen has come under greater scrutiny after his national security officials leaked details of the initial strikes in a group chat with a journalist

International Business Times

Trump Fires NSA Director Timothy Haugh After NSC Shake-Up Tied To Laura Loomer

Haugh was not involved in the controversial Signal group chat about a military operation in Yemen, but testified last week before the House Intelligence Committee about the risks of using Signal for sensitive discussions.

Salon

Pentagon launches probe into Signalgate

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to send secret military plans over a mobile app is under new scrutiny

International Business Times

Pentagon Watchdog To Probe Defense Chief Over Signal Chat Row

The Pentagon inspector general's office will investigate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss air strikes on Yemen, the watchdog said Thursday.

Euronews

Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth's use of Signal to convey Yemen strike plans

The use of the app came to light when a journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to a Signal text chain by national security adviser Mike Waltz.

The Independent UK

Pentagon’s watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strike

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen

Euronews

Senator criticises Pentagon officials on alleged US troop drawdown in Europe

While there has been no official announcement about any reduction in US military numbers in Europe, President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants NATO to do more to defend its own region.

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