Tag: Pete Hegseth
Pentagon says troops can only be exempt from shaving their facial hair for a year
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year...
Senate Democrats raise concerns over Pentagon plan to use military lawyers as immigration judges
WASHINGTON – Some Democratic senators say they are deeply concerned that a Pentagon plan to allow military lawyers to work as temporary immigration judges...
A military approach to drug busts upends US efforts and raises legal questions
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard detects and detains scores of drug-running vessels in the Caribbean every year in its role as the world's...
Republicans are eager for President Trump to expand his use of the military on US soil
WASHINGTON – National Guard troops patrolling the streets of U.S. cities. Weapons of war deployed against international gangs suspected of drug trafficking. Military bases...
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department is taking management of Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington, away...
Trump’s push to oust Fed’s Lisa Cook unites anti-DEI effort, bid to control independent institutions
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's vow to fire Lisa Cook, an economist who is the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve's...
New top admiral takes over the US Navy amid military firings
WASHINGTON – Adm. Daryl Caudle took over as the Navy’s highest-ranking officer Monday, ending a six-month vacancy created by the Trump administration's firing of...
Schools reopen in Washington with parents on edge over Trump’s armed patrols
WASHINGTON – Public schools reopened Monday in the nation’s capital with parents on edge over the presence of thousands of National Guard troops, some...
Trump ran on a promise of revenge. He’s making good on it
Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him. He now appears...
Trump embraces tough-on-crime mantra amid DC takeover as he and Democrats claim political wins
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump stood among several hundred law enforcement officers, National Guard troops and federal agents at a U.S. Park Police...