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U.S. troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four: report

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U.S. troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four: report

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. File | Photo Credit: Reuters More U.S. troops have died ​during the U.S.-Israeli war ⁠with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed, the Washington ‌Post reported on Friday (September 18, 2026). Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ‌denied the report. The Post, ‌citing ⁠five unidentified officials, ⁠reported that there had been at…

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Pentagon to proceed with controversial testosterone testing after pause

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Pentagon to proceed with controversial testosterone testing after pause

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Pentagon is reinstituting a ‌mandatory testing program for testosterone deficiency among U.S. service members aged 30 and older, a spokesperson ‌said ⁠on Thursday (September 17, 2026), bringing back a ⁠program that many medical experts have described as unnecessary and potentially harmful. U.S. Defence…

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U.S. Army Secretary Driscoll submits resignation: White House

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U.S. Army Secretary Driscoll submits resignation: White House

U.S. Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation, the White House confirmed on Monday (August 31, 2026) , following reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Asked about a Wall Street Journal report that Mr. Driscoll had resigned, White House Principal…

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Pentagon chief denies U.S. facing munitions stockpile shortage

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Pentagon chief denies U.S. facing munitions stockpile shortage

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to enlistees after they swear an oath to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, during an Enlistee Recognition Ceremony at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz | Photo Credit: ELIZABETH FRANTZ U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that the American…

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Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a ’classified space’

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Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a ’classified space’

For many years, Pentagon reporters had credentials granting them wide movement in the building as they sought to interact with press officials there. But last October, most news outlets turned in access badges and walked out of the Pentagon rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work. File | Photo Credit: AP In another…

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Congress confronts Hegseth for the first time since Iran war started

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Congress confronts Hegseth for the first time since Iran war started

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defence’s FY27 budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters Skeptical Democrats confronted Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday (April 29, 2026) for the first time since the Trump administration went to war…

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U.S. forces ready to restart combat if Iran doesn’t agree a deal, says Hegseth

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U.S. forces ready to restart combat if Iran doesn’t agree a deal, says Hegseth

U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine hold a briefing on the Iran war, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., on April 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. forces in ‌West Asia are postured to ​restart combat operations ⁠if Iran doesn’t agree to…

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U.S. court declines to block Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklisting for now

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U.S. court declines to block Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklisting for now

The lawsuit is one of two Anthropic filed over Mr. Hegseth’s unprecedented move, which came after Anthropic ​refused to allow the military to ‌use AI chatbot Claude for U.S. surveillance or autonomous weapons due to safety and ethics concerns. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Washington, D.C. federal appeals court on Wednesday (April 8, 2026) declined…

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Donald Trump on decision-making over Iran attack: Pete said, ‘Let’s do it’

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Donald Trump on decision-making over Iran attack: Pete said, ‘Let’s do it’

President Donald Trump speaks with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a roundtable discussion on public safety at a Tennessee Air National Guard Base, on March 23, 2026, in Memphis, Tenn. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was the “first one” to suggest attacking Iran when he…

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