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Ukraine has been waiting “for nearly a month” for U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to allow missiles for its air defense systems to be sent to the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday. “We have been waiting for nearly a month for Mr. Hegseth to sign off on missiles for Patriots and NASAMS,” Zelensky...

A 10th Mountain Division veteran explains why Trump and Hegseth's restoration of the Department of War name clarifies the military mission.

Military boards are blatantly disobeying Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth’s ban on transgenders serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Military review boards in the Navy and Marine Corps have voted to retain transgender-identifying service members in nine of 12 cases despite Pentagon instructions directing them to recommend discharge, according to a report from the New York Times, revealing resistance among some military review boards to President Donald Trump's transgender military ban. The post Report: Navy, Marine Corps Boards Defy Hegseth’s Orders, Vote to Keep Transgender Troops appeared first on Breitbart .

A week after beginning his second term, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring transgender-identifying individuals from military service. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has implemented the administration’s ban, including through review boards handling cases involving transgender troops facing discharge. But some Navy and Marine Corps boards have voted to retain transgender-identifying service members ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a new directive telling troops they cannot use “nonpublic information” to make bets on prediction markets

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has banned all Pentagon personnel from using nonpublic information to bet on U.S. military operations.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a new directive telling troops they cannot use “nonpublic information” to make bets on prediction markets.

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senators urge Hegseth, Rubio to release funding for Baltic Security Initiative A bipartisan group of senators are urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to release the remaining congressional-approved funds for the...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has banned military personnel from using non-public information to bet on U.S. military operations through prediction markets like Polymarket or Kalshi.

Pete Hegseth's video showcases missile launches and production lines as the Trump administration's "Arsenal of Freedom" campaign targets Pentagon red tape.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is barring Pentagon personnel from using nonpublic information to bet on U.S. military operations, warning that prediction market trades could expose plans to foreign intelligence services and endanger troops.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth barred all Pentagon staff from using undisclosed information to place wagers on forthcoming U.S. military action using betting platforms and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. “Make no mistake why this matters. Our enemies watch movements in these markets," Hegseth said in a memo, first obtained by CBS News. "When an American...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the ban applies to classified and unclassified information and includes prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi.

The Pentagon’s Active Denial System shoots energy beam that causes ‘sensation of intense heat on surface of skin’ Pete Hegseth , the US secretary of defense, reportedly signed a memo last month permitting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to test a non-lethal “heat ray” for potential use at the US southern border. The “heat ray”, known as the Active Denial System , is a military-grade weapon that shoots an energy beam causing “a sensation of intense heat on the surface of the skin”, according to a 2009 National Defense University case study on the weapon. Continue reading...

The Department of Homeland Security can test a military heat-ray weapon and develop plans for using it along the southern border under a Pentagon memo signed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, CNN reported Wednesday.

Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted a sortie on Monday, flying as far as the Iranian border, according to Israeli and U.S. officials. Why it matters: The operation, more than 800 miles away from Israel, took place a week before the Israeli elections and on the same day Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Israel's Ovda Air Base. The sortie wasn't connected to Hegseth's visit. While some Israeli and U.S. officials said the sortie wasn't unusual and that it was meant to deter Iran, it could have led to a miscalculation, triggering an Iranian response and reigniting the war. Behind the scenes: The exercise involved dozens of fighter jets and refueling aircraft, the sources said. It followed a flight path consistent with a potential strike against Iran, passing through Syrian and Iraqi airspace. As the aircraft approached the Iranian border, they turned around and returned to Israel, the sources said. The intrigue: U.S. officials said the Israelis knew that Iran's air defense systems would detect the sortie. According to the sources, Israel notified the U.S. in advance and described the operation as a training exercise intended for "power projection" and aimed at deterring Iran from launching attacks against Israel ahead of the elections. However, some U.S. sources said they had the impression that Israel was hoping the Iranians would fire at the aircraft, providing a justification for launching strikes against Iran. Fox News reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Air Force conducted a drill towards Iran. Driving the news: Last week, Axios reported that Netanyahu and President Trump discussed in early October the possibility of launching a major new operation against Iran before the Israeli and U.S. elections. Netanyahu told Trump he was concerned about Israeli intelligence indicating Iran was taking troubling steps to reconstitute its nuclear program. Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir told Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine at the time that restarting the war in that timeframe could cause the Israeli elections to be postponed, given that Iran would probably retaliate, the sources said. Trump initially seemed to be inclined to resume attacks, but then grew hesitant and eventually decided against Netanyahu's proposal. State of play: An Israeli official said Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir will not allow any unjustified military activity that could undermine the Oct. 27 elections. What he's saying: On Wednesday Netanyahu said at a military graduation ceremony that Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei "has decided to follow in his father's footsteps" and allowed Iranian scientists to move forward with building a nuclear weapon. "He has taken the safety off, and Iran is once again trying to develop its bombs of death," Netanyahu said. "Therefore, there is only one way to eliminate this threat once and for all: to overthrow the regime in Iran. And that is the directive I have given to the IDF, the Mossad and the security agencies," he added.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that the U.S. government’s posture toward Ukraine is unchanged, but emphasized that “our guys” need Patriot missiles interceptors too. “There's a lot of things that have been said in the press that are not true about the Department of War," Hegseth told reporters in Eau Claire, Wisc. when...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made a surprise visit to troops in the Middle East.