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The US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the country’s nuclear programme and probably only set it back by months, according to a Pentagon intelligence assessment. The Islamic Republic’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not eliminated in the bombings, sources familiar with an evaluation by the Defense Intelligence Agency told the BBC’s US...
Hegseth said the anti-protest crackdown in LA is the beginning of a “new phase” of militarization against Americans. President Donald Trump’s deployment of troops to crack down on protests against neighborhood raids in Los Angeles is going to cost over a hundred million dollars, the Pentagon has said — money that could have instead been...
Trump also touted his push for an annual $1 trillion military budget during a West Point commencement address. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday bragged to West Point’s graduating class that he has refused to cut Pentagon spending and touted his push for an annual military budget of $1 trillion, arguing that other programs should...
Reporters are prohibited from entering Pentagon locations unless they’re accompanied by Trump administration personnel. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has pledged to do his part in making the Trump administration the most transparent in history, issued a memo Friday imposing tight restrictions on reporters’ movements at the Pentagon in an apparent bid to crack...
Civilian casualties of US strikes have skyrocketed amid the Trump administration’s assault on Yemen. The Trump administration says it will not be disclosing details on its war in Yemen as Democrats are pressing officials to answer to concerns over civilian harm and reports find that the U.S. has killed hundreds of civilians in just over...
I was reliably told that if Donald Trump got elected president, democracy itself was at risk. And sure enough, the warnings were correct. Without the unanimous consent of every federal judge, it turns out that elections can be nullified, the Constitution torn up, and the Executive Branch paralyzed. At the outset of his administration, President...
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At least one aspect of politics has improved: the “confidence” statement. In days gone by, any necessity for a president or a press secretary to declare his “confidence” in a subordinate usually meant an office was just about to open up. It might have even been interpreted as a signal to the underling in question...
As federal agencies face crippling cuts and are forced to cut essential services, President Trump has announced he will seek a $1 trillion budget for the Pentagon, a record-setting number that would mark the highest level of U.S. defense spending since World War II. William Hartung, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for...
The inspector general of the US Department of Defense has launched an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal application to message other top-level officials about military strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen. The White House faced a backlash after a journalist was inadvertently added to a group chat – where specific details of...
Tech billionaire and senior Trump adviser Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday for briefings that have sparked debate after multiple US media outlets reported that he would be given an overview of US plans in the event of war with China. President Donald Trump denied the reports, saying “China will not even be mentioned...