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CNN reports: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leadership to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals by at least 20% across the military, according to a memo signed by Hegseth dated Monday and obtained by CNN. As of 2023, there were 37 four-star generals and admirals across the entire military. The memo also directs …

Mediaite reports: Friday evening, the DOD Rapid Response account shared an image of Hegseth standing in front of a trio of what appeared to be paramilitary drug slingers. While the Pentagon likely sought to portray the military as in command of security at some parts of the country’s border with Mexico, Hegseth’s hand was missing the pinky. The missing appendage …

Fox News reports: President Donald Trump will host a military parade in June to honor military veterans and active-duty service members and commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, Fox News Digital has learned. The parade is scheduled for June 14, the 250th birthday of the United States Army and Trump’s birthday. The parade will have reenactors, equipment and more from …

The Independent reports: The Pentagon’s inspector general has expanded an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sharing of military plans to include a second Signal chat group, according to reports. Acting Inspector General Stephen Stebbins announced at the start of April that he was investigating Hegseth’s use of the “unclassified” messaging app to detail U.S. airstrikes against the Houthi group …

The Associated Press reports: Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned. The planning documents, obtained by the AP, are dated April 29 and 30 and have not …

The US Naval Institute reports: An F/-18E Super Hornet assigned to the carrier air wing embarked aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) was lost at sea during a towing incident in the hangar bay Monday, according to a Navy announcement. The single-seat Super Hornet assigned to the “Knight Hawks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, “was actively under …

CNN reports: House Republicans have unveiled the first details in their sweeping bill to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda, promising to pump in roughly $150 billion for defense programs and tens of billions more in border security measures. The details come as Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson are set to meet at the White House Monday afternoon – the same …

The Daily Beast reports: Pete Hegseth spends at least half of his time investigating leaks—and then working out with active-duty troops to appear competent despite the leaks, according to a former Pentagon aide. Trump’s defense secretary has reportedly become increasingly isolated and paranoid as news of Pentagon plans leaked, including details of military plans for the Panama Canal, the decision …

REPORTER: Mr. President, any update on Secretary Hegseth? Your confidence in him? TRUMP: About what? REPORTER: About Signal – having Signal on his – TRUMP: I don’t view Signal as important. I think that’s fake news. So, I don’t view it as important. From yesterday’s Washington Post reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the installation of Signal, a commercially available …

Mediaite reports: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went off on the acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff amid a search for a leaker at the Pentagon, according to a report published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal. The paper said Hegseth was “rattled” after word got out last month that the Pentagon was set to brief Elon Musk …

The Associated Press reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told The Associated Press. The existence of the unsecured internet connection is the latest revelation about Hegseth’s use of the unclassified …

Salon reports: The former Fox News host turned head of the Department of Defense raged over a CBS News report that he installed a makeup studio just outside of the Pentagon’s press briefing room. The outlet shared that Hegseth had spent “several thousand dollars” to add a new chair and mirror with makeup lighting in the green room. “Totally fake …

The Washington Post reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the installation of Signal, a commercially available messaging app, on a desktop computer in his Pentagon office, said three people familiar with the matter, illustrating the extent to which he has integrated use of the unclassified communications platform at the center of his political troubles with the highly secure systems the …

CBS News reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News. The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time …

CNN reports: In another example of the disorderly nature of the front office, at one point in March, Hegseth directly asked the director of DoD’s special access programs – which are among the most highly classified programs within the DoD – to read Elon Musk into more than two dozen programs having to do with China, according to multiple people …

The Daily Beast reports: A top Pentagon official that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired last week as part of an investigation into media leaks said he was ousted as part of a deep state plot in a new tell-all interview. Dan Caldwell, in an interview with Tucker Carlson Monday, claimed his loyalty to Hegseth and Trump “threatened established interests” within …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Hegseth’s inner circle of close advisers — military veterans who, like him, had little experience running large, complex organizations — is in shambles. Three members of the team he brought with him into the Pentagon were accused last week of leaking unauthorized information and escorted from the building. The discord, according to current and …

Axios reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is locked in open warfare with his own Pentagon, a hotbed of distrust and dysfunction that commands the most powerful military on the face of the Earth. No Trump Cabinet official has endured more turmoil in less time than Hegseth, who survived a nasty confirmation battle only to be burned — again and again …

“I had concerns from the get-go because Pete Hegseth didn’t have a lot of experience. I like him on Fox. But does he have the experience to lead one of the largest organizations in the world? That’s a concern. “If it’s true that he had another [Signal] chat with his family, about the missions against the Houthis, it’s totally unacceptable. …

“Pete’s doing a great job. Just ask the Hooties [sic] how he’s doing. It’s just fake news. They just bring up stories. It sounds like disgruntled employees. He was put there to get rid of a lot of bad people, and that’s what he’s doing. You don’t always have friends when you do that.” – Trump, speaking from the White …