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Pete Hegseth suggests military could return to Central American country to ‘secure’ strategically important canalThe US defence secretary has floated the idea of the country’s troops returning to Panama to “secure” its strategically vital canal, a sugg…
Department will follow rest of Trump’s anti-DEI order while adhering to 2024 defense bill barring any pronoun policyThe US air force has reversed its ban on the use of preferred pronouns in email signatures and other professional communications.In a me…
US president had trailed ‘direct talks’ and said Iran would be in ‘great danger’ if they failedUS politics live – latest updatesIran, wrongfooted by Donald Trump’s revelation that “direct talks” between the US and Iran on its nuclear programme are set …
Government officials and contractors long controlled spy operations. Now the likes of Musk and Bezos are in controlJust days before Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its New…
Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the makingDonald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz included a journalist in the Signal group chat about plans for US strikes in Yemen afte…
Lawmakers say dismissing head of US Cyber Command puts country at risk at a time of ‘unprecedented cyber threats’Top congressional Democrats are protesting against the firing of Gen Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), with one …
Defense chief and others discussed US military operations on messaging app that included journalistThe inspector general of the Department of Defense (DOD) is launching an investigation into Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the encrypted messag…
School officials told by Pete Hegseth to review books as part of administration’s attacks on DEIUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library after being told by the office of the defense secretary,…
Rescuers recover bodies after six-day effort to dig armoured vehicle out of peat bog, but one soldier is still missingThree of the four US soldiers missing in Lithuania since last week have been found dead, the US army said after rescuers recovered the…
Total of 38% of Republican voters agree Hegseth should quit, compared to just a third who think he should keep jobMore Republican voters think that Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, should resign than those who think he should remain in his job, …