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The Latest Breaking News from Pete Hegseth

Insiders warn Pete Hegseth is growing ‘more confident than ever’ firing top officials

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The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: Olivia Rodrigo pulls double duty while Aziz Ansari aces Kash Patel

The singer made for a solid host of a mostly amusing episode that poked fun at influencers and featured cameos by Debbie Harry and Connor Storrie

The Guardian - US

Trump teases release of ‘very interesting’ new uncovered UFO files

Vice President JD Vance has described himself as ‘obsessed’ with UFOs

The Independent UK

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‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges

Insiders portray defense secretary as increasingly isolated after officers with impeccable reputations forced out

The Guardian - US

SNL skewers Pete Hegseth and uses Aziz Ansari as Kash Patel in brutal mocking of Trump officials

Hegseth, played by Colin Jost, and Ansari’s Patel took questions from an exasperated press corps in the White House briefing room

The Independent UK

Pete Hegseth ‘emboldened’ by firing of top military officials as he moves to ‘consolidate control’: report

The Defense Secretary remains defiant following nine hours of congressional testimony, and is now ‘more confident than ever in his job’

The Independent UK

'I Want a Refund': Kid Rock's MAGA Festival Delayed a Third Time Amid Texas Downpour

Severe weather in Texas delayed Kid Rock's festival, frustrating fans and complicating logistics. Despite rain, organisers kept the schedule, cutting into performers' sets.

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‘I’ll answer it for him’: Ro Khanna claps back at Pete Hegseth over his failure to answer basic military stats

Hegseth came with defiance rather than answers.

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‘I have great respect’: Pakistan just embarrassed Donald Trump on the world stage by doing the one thing he didn’t plan

New Trump ally Pakistan just handed Iran a lifeline.

We Got This Covered

‘They got executed’: Iraq war veteran sees no difference between Hegseth’s Caribbean actions and war crimes Nazi’s were convicted for

Congress simply wants evidence.

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US to withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 troops from Germany within the next year, the Pentagon said on Friday, in the latest rift in transatlantic ties over the Mideast war.

Radio France Internationale

Trump claims hostilities have ended in Iran in letter to congressional leaders

President seemed to suggest that legislative deadline to approve war no longer applies as Democrats push back

The Guardian - US

Trump's Iran War Continues to Violate the Constitution - and Now Also the War Powers Act of 1973

The administration is wrong to claim that the 60-day time limit in the Act is "stops" due to the ongoing ceasefire.

Reason

‘You’re missing the point’: According to Trump’s Department of War, just the possibility of thought is justification enough for an entire war

The point is, there is no justifiable reason for any of this.

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‘Don’t believe everything you read’: JD Vance can’t believe that fake news reported he is concerned about the Pentagon, when, what do you know, he is

He didn’t even need to deny it.

The Independent UK

Trump’s war with Iran is as unpopular as Vietnam, new poll finds

Roughly 61 percent of Americans say the US made a mistake using military force against Iran

The Mary Sue

Pete Hegseth and Ro Khanna Feud Over the Cost of the Iran War

Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat, and Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fought over the economic cost of the Iran war. Khanna was determined to get an answer out of Hegseth in his first Congress hearing about the Iran war.

The Mary Sue

Seth Moulton just called Trump’s war secretary a Nazi war criminal and invoked a chilling WWII precedent

Rep. Seth Moulton just accused Secretary of War Pete Hegseth of committing war crimes. He drew a direct line between his recent military actions and Nazi officers executed after World War II.

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The Independent UK

US military reaches deals with 7 tech companies to use their AI on classified systems

The Pentagon says it's partnering with seven tech companies to tap into their artificial intelligence in classified systems, allowing the military to boost its use of AI to help it fight wars

The Guardian - US

Pro-Trump commentator snaps and drops F-bomb on CNN when asked to justify Iran war

Scott Jennings was questioned by Adam Mockler about political concessions gained by the US in its war on Iran

International Business Times UK

'Israel First, America Last', Iran FM Claims US War Costs Have Hit £79B as He Accuses the Pentagon of Lying to Taxpayers

Iran's foreign minister claims the US has understated the cost of the war on Iran, alleging it has cost £79bn, four times the Pentagon's reported figure.

The Guardian - US

Pentagon inks deals with seven AI companies for classified military work

OpenAI, Google, Nvidia and others agreed to ‘any lawful use’ of their tech. Anthropic, feuding with Pentagon over potential AI misuse, was not included

Roll Call

Photos of the week | April 24-30, 2026

A shooting at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, a visit from King Charles III, and contentious testimony from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the week in Washington politics. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists — plus one from our editor-in-chief.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump doubles down on rift with Germany, Italy and Spain amid war on Iran

The US president has criticised the German chancellor and raised the prospect of pulling US troops from Italy and Spain. Plus, 10 lessons on ending the fossil fuel era

The Guardian - US

‘That’s bullshit’: Democrats slam Trump’s claims that Iran hostilities ‘have been terminated’ – as it happened

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