Washington: The Acting Inspector General (IG) of the US Department of Defence (Pentagon) will investigate Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal in a group chat with other national security officials to discuss military actions against the Houthis in Yemen last month, according to a letter from the IG’s office on Thursday, CNN reported. … Read more
US President Donald Trump has called out the New York Times for allegedly spreading fake news. On Thursday, the New York Times reported that Elon Musk is set to visit the Pentagon on Friday, and that he will be briefed on the “US military’s plan for any war that might break out with China”. The … Read more
The US Department of Defense has removed or plans to purge thousands of articles about the Holocaust, 9/11 terrorist attacks, cancer awareness and sexual assault among others from Pentagon websites as the department adhered to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s order to scrub “diversity” content from all its platforms. According to a report by CNN, … Read more
Washington: From erasing the stories of Navajo “code talkers” on the Pentagon website to demolishing a “Black Lives Matter” mural in Washington, President Donald Trump’s assault on diversity across the United States government is dismantling decades of racial justice programs. Delivering on a campaign promise, the Republican billionaire made it one of his first acts … Read more
Washington: The US military must work to provide options to ensure the United States has full access to the Panama Canal, two US officials told Reuters on Thursday. President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he wants to “take back” the Panama Canal, which is located at the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and … Read more
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered his cyber spies to take their focus away from Russia, a report in The Telegraph has claimed. Gen Timothy Haugh, the Cyber Command chief, has been ordered to halt his department’s offensive operations as the new administration downplays the cyber threat from Russia. The development comes in the … Read more
Washington: The Trump administration has ordered senior US military leaders to plan for expansive cuts that could slash the defense budget by eight percent annually, or some $290 billion within the next five years, US media reported Wednesday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Pentagon to develop the deep reductions, The Washington Post reported, citing … Read more
Washington, United States: The US Defense Department on Friday doubled the number of news organizations that must vacate their Pentagon office spaces to be replaced by other media outlets under a new “annual media rotation program.” The department said in a memo it was adding CNN, the Washington Post, the Hill and the War Zone … Read more
Timelapse images show the rapid construction of a Chinese military complex that, according to US officials, is on track to be at least 10 times the size of the Pentagon. A new report by the Financial Times cites former and current US officials who say that the intelligence community is closely watching a sprawling … Read more
China is building a new military command centre near Beijing that is expected to be 10 times the size of the Pentagon, a report in Financial Times, citing US intelligence officials has claimed. Dubbed “Beijing Military City”, the construction on the project started in mid-2024 with recent satellite images showing deep holes dug in the … Read more