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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 13: (L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, listen to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. The two leaders met as the Trump administration has once again put the military alliance between the United States and Western Europe in question. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Pentagon To Investigate Hegseth’s Houthi Attack Plan Discussion On Signal

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general revealed on Thursday that he will investigate whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated department policy after sending “attack plans” in the leaked Signal chat.

US soldiers participate in a joint river-crossing exercise between South Korea and the US as part of the Freedom Shield 25 training in Yeoncheon on March 20, 2025. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth Calls For Equal Physical Standards For Men And Women In Combat Roles, Criticizes ‘Slipping’ U.S. Requirements

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo on Monday ordering men and women to meet the same physical fitness requirements if they want to work in combat positions, while saying the Pentagon had “allowed standards to slip.”

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 27: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Navy John Phelan listens during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Phelan, a Florida businessman, spoke to Senators on a range of topics including improving retention rate in the U.S. Navy. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump’s Nominee For Secretary Of U.S. Navy, John Phelan, Confirmed By Senate

The Senate has officially elected a new official to run the U.S. Navy.

Steve Wynn, Chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

US Supreme Court turns away casino mogul Wynn’s bid to challenge NY Times v. Sullivan defamation rule

The justices declined to hear an appeal by Wynn of a decision by Nevada’s top court to dismiss his defamation suit against the AP and one of its journalists.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 17: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media in the Grand Foyer during a tour at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. After shunning the annual Kennedy Center Honors during his first term in the White House, Trump fired the center’s president, removed the bipartisan board of Biden appointees and named himself Chairman of the storied music, theater and dance institution. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump Slams ‘Failing’ NYT Outlet Over ‘Untrue’ Claim Musk Will Be Briefed On ‘Potential War’ With China

President Donald Trump slammed the “Failing New York Times” outlet for their March 20th report claiming that Special Government Employee (SGE) Elon Musk will be briefed on potential war plans against China, prompting Trump to respond by labeling the report as “completely untrue.”

A photo taken on August 7, 2019, shows the US Navy USS Donald Cook class guided missile destroyer during an exercise how simulate a humanitarian response to a powerful earthquake and significant movement of IDF vessels and foreign vessels in the Mediterranean sea. - Sailors from France, Greece and the United States arrived on their vessels and were joined by the Israelis off the Israeli port city of Haifa for a four-day exercise, called "Mighty Waves". It simulated extracting wounded civilians to sea for treatment, fishing people out of the water and transferring humanitarian aid, with representatives of seven other navies taking part as observers. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon Deploys Navy Warship To Southern Border

Over the weekend, the Pentagon dispatched a Navy warship to the southern border. The guided-missile destroyer, recently stationed in the Middle East, is now setting out from Virginia.