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Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth in hot water amid fallout from boat strike Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth backed Navy Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley, who ordered a second strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2. “Lets make one thing crystal clear: Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my 100% support,” Hegseth said Monday on the social...
The White House placed the decision to launch a second, follow-up Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea at the feet of the commander overseeing the operation from Fort Bragg, N.C., Navy Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley. Bradley — who was authorized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to carry out...
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened more than 3.13 million people at U.S. airports on Sunday, a new single-day record. TSA announced the milestone Monday on the social platform X. The mark surpassed the previous high of more than 3.09 million, set on June 22. Each of the top 10 busiest days occurred in the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to "kill everybody" in a boat strike in the Caribbean, with Democrats alleging a potential war crime and President Trump saying he wouldn't have ordered a second strike. The Post reported Friday that Hegseth issued an order to “kill...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story HHS's latest vaccine policy upheaval A leaked memo from a top FDA vaccine regulator late last week laid out much stricter federal oversight of vaccines. An upcoming meeting of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked federal advisory panel later this week could shake up vaccine...
There is an increasing apprehension among service members that they may be asked to carry out an illegal order, amid reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered troops to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in September. The concerns, reflected in an uptick in calls to the Orders Project — which provides free legal advice to military personnel...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday tore into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over his role in a deadly “double-tap” strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean in September, suggesting the attack violated the law and that Hegseth should face consequences. “It's already been crystal clear that Pete Hegseth is the...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that three of his New York offices received bomb threats Monday morning. Schumer said Monday on the social platform X that he was informed by law enforcement that his offices in Rochester, Binghamton and Long Island received threats. The threats were in an email with the subject line...
Sen. Mark Kelly said Monday he and his family have seen threats to their lives increase since President Trump called for the Arizona Democrat and a group of other Democratic lawmakers to be executed after they urged service members to refuse illegal orders. Kelly told reporters during a press conference that he and his wife,...
