The military is spying on bathrooms—and you're paying for it

The Trump administration has found a new way to harass transgender military members.� A newly surfaced Defense Department memo, which 404 Media unearthed via Freedom of Information Act request, ...

Pete Hegseth urges a 'passive approach' to end-of-slavery celebrations: report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who spearheaded Donald Trump's anti-DEI initiatives at the Pentagon, urged staffers not to make a fuss around Juneteenth celebrations, according to reporting in Rolling Stone.Politics editor Andrew Perez obtained an email from Hegseth's office that "requested 'a passi...

Hegseth accused of 'straining at the leash' with threat to send Marines to LA

A decision by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to inflame tensions in Los Angeles as protesters take to the streets to confront militarized ICE and DHS agents invading communities looking for immigrants, led one military expert to be very alarmed on MSNBC on Sunday morning.Appearing on MSNBC's "The We...

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'Pretty hardcore' cocaine accusation in Hegseth Pentagon report singled out on MSNBC

On Saturday morning, MSNBC host Katie Phang invited Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell on to discuss his new report on the turmoil at the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and quickly singled out a startling revelation of an accusation of cocaine use.With Hegseth under the gun for what has be...

Pentagon leak investigation threatens to expose new turmoil under Hegseth: report

An investigation of leaks at the Pentagon since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assumed control has set off fears that a civil war among competing factions will be exposed and further complicate his already troubled tenure. According to a report from the Guardian's Hugo Lowell, the firings of mu...