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The Latest Breaking News from Pete Hegseth

View from The Hill: Albanese edging closer to landing Trump September meeting

Anthony Albanese appears to be edging closer to landing the long-sought meeting with President Donald Trump when the prime minister is in the United States in September.

The Conversation

Why US military academies are banning books

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The Independent UK

US military academies are banning books and eliminating majors to align with Hegseth ‘warrior’ ideology

Trump administration has outlawed ‘gender ideology’ at service academies, and professors say they have faced censorship and political pressure

The Independent UK

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Chinese nationals will no longer be allowed to manage Pentagon cloud services

The US Defense department will now review who is managing its cloud services.

TechRadar

US auditing Chinese involvement in cloud services, defence chief says

Pete Hegseth orders review after revelations Microsoft used Chinese contractors to manage sensitive cloud services.

Al Jazeera

Defence minister slams 'conspiracy' over US meeting

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has dismissed claims a high-profile meeting with the US Defence Secretary never took place as a conspiracy.

AAP

Trump looks to buy stakes in military corps raising concerns about private contractors and war conflicts

Howard Lutnick says ‘monstrous discussion’ underway at the Pentagon

The Independent UK

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Australian minister comes face-to-face with JD Vance

The defence minister has held talks with US Vice President JD Vance and his US counterpart Pete Hegseth, as questions remain over the AUKUS partnership.

AAP

Lime of fire: DC resident on e-scooter faces felony assault charge after spitting on National Guard

Scott Pichon was arrested and charged with felony assault after allegedly spitting on two National Guard members at a Washington, D.C., train station.

The Independent UK

From Department Of Defense To Department Of War: Is Trump Telling Us Something With Name Change?

Donald Trump has floated renaming the Department of Defense to its original 'Department of War', arguing the current title is 'too defensive'. Here's why the Pentagon changed names in the first place.

International Business Times UK

New top admiral takes over the US Navy amid military firings

Adm. Daryl Caudle has taken over as the Navy’s highest-ranking officer

The Independent UK

Trump Suggests Many Americans 'Like A Dictator'

US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested many Americans would like a dictator as he signed orders to tighten his federal clampdown on the capital Washington and to prosecute flag-burners.

International Business Times

Trump says he and Secretary Hegseth want to take ‘Department of Defense’ back 80 years

The Department of Defense was created in 1949 by combining the Army, Navy and Air Force departments

The Independent UK

Indonesia hosts annual US-led combat drills with Indo-Pacific allies

Indonesia and the United States began annual joint military exercises on Monday together with forces from a dozen other countries, as the U.S. pushes its allies to take threats from China more seriously

The Independent UK

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Benzinga

Kruse Out As DIA Director In Latest Pentagon Shake-Up

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), has been dismissed following a report that contradicted President Donald Trump’s claims about the effectiveness of strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Al Jazeera

US general whose report on Iran nuclear sites angered Trump fired

Head of US Defense Intelligence Agency Jeffrey Kruse fired alongside two senior Navy officials in latest purge.

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: president denies he was briefed about raid on aide-turned-critic John Bolton’s home

Vice-president JD Vance denies FBI investigation is politically motivated. Key US politics stories from Friday 22 August

Latin Times

White House Doesn't Deny Making Plans For 'Lethal Strikes' Against Mexican Cartels After Report

The Trump administration has reportedly requested the military draw up "lethal strike" options against Mexican cartels

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We Got This Covered

‘Bring back public executions’: Pete Hegseth’s ex-pastor has unveiled his immigration ‘solution’

This guy is off the rails.

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Trump says whatever it takes, so the National Guard is now armed and taking over D.C. streets

Armed against its own citizens.

The Independent UK

Hegseth fires Pentagon leader whose agency determined Iran strikes were less effective than Trump claimed

The Defense Intelligence Agency previously found Iran’s nuclear program had not been ‘fully obliterated’ as Trump had touted

The Guardian - US

Trump targets Chicago and New York as Hegseth orders weapons for DC troops

President plots expansion of crime crackdown as Pentagon chief says troops patrolling DC streets will be armed

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Hundreds of agents are stuck babysitting Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary pulls personnel from other jobs for his own use

It sounds like Hegseth has a small army protecting him right now.

The Guardian - US

Ex-pastor at Pete Hegseth’s church calls for public executions and says Bible backs Ice raids

Podcast host Joshua Haymes voices range of extreme views and says liberalism a greater threat to US than neo-Nazism

The Independent UK

JD Vance shares who his closest allies are in the Trump administration

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