U.S. Defense Secretary
11 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Oct 26.
Ukraine's president says air-defense missiles are stalled awaiting the Pentagon chief's approval as Russia pounds the country before winter. The Pentagon says its policy has not changed.
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says removing the defense secretary would be among the first things Democrats do in the majority. A Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie, is also pushing an impeachment vote soon after the Nov. 3 election.
U.S. Central Command has strike options ready if the White House approves, The Hill reports, and Iran says its response would be tougher than before. Oil is above $100 a barrel, and more than 50,000 U.S. troops are in the region.
At a Cleveland rally for Sherrod Brown and Amy Acton, Barack Obama blamed the Iran war for higher oil and diesel prices and mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The attack comes 10 days before the Nov. 3 midterms.
Ukraine's defense minister says the military-grade Starlink service is running at full speed again. The episode leaves open who ordered the slowdown, and how much a private company controls on the battlefield.
A congressional watchdog found that officials building AI-enabled weapons and tools are not always following the Pentagon's responsible-AI guidelines. The office meant to guide them has filled 3 of 10 authorized jobs.
Three officials told NBC News that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff dropped a World War II globe marked by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. The Pentagon first called it a replica, and NBC says it checked and found the original.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth barred Pentagon personnel from betting on military operations with nonpublic information, naming Polymarket and Kalshi. The memo follows the arrest of a soldier accused of profiting from the Maduro raid.
Iranian security officials say a new U.S.-Israeli attack would bring strikes on oil facilities, undersea cables and AI data centers in as many as seven Gulf countries. Brent crude is at $113.4 a barrel, and U.S. media reports say a new attack could come after the Nov. 3 election.
The Army confirms the damage happened during an attempted move, and the Post's sources say staff skipped specialist movers. The Pentagon says accidents happen, but the globe is a piece of the nation's history.
Two top Trump officials now say the Starlink slowdown for Ukraine is a private commercial matter. That is a change from earlier denials, and Republicans in Congress are demanding answers about a system the military uses.
