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Pete Hegseth is the U.S. Secretary of War, in office since January 25, 2025. Information as of Oct. 13, 2026.
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Five Senate Democrats Give CENTCOM Until Nov. 2 to Make Public What Iran's Strikes on U.S. Bases Have CostFive Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee asked CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper to publicly disclose, by Nov. 2, the cost of Iranian damage to U.S. bases and facilities since the war began on Feb. 28.
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Kelly and Vindman File Bills to Ban Broadcasting Military Executions for Good, After Trump Dropped the Pentagon's Plan to Livestream Nidal Hasan'sSen. Mark Kelly and Rep. Eugene Vindman filed bills on Oct. 15 to permanently ban the broadcast of military executions, after President Trump dropped the Pentagon's plan to livestream Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan's execution. Both bills went to the Armed Services committees.
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The Trump Report Card: A Record-Low Border and a Rising Stock Market, Against 3.7% Inflation, $4 Gas, a Lost Tariff Case, an Unfinished War and a $2 Trillion DeficitHow is Trump doing? Our report card grades the president on the border, growth, jobs, inflation and gas prices, tariffs, the Iran war, the deficit, the courts, the size of government and public approval, with 24 official data points behind the grades. Overall: C minus.
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Pentagon Draws Up Iran Strike Options Using the “Mother of All Bombs” as Trump Rules Out Nuclear Weapons — “I Wouldn’t Use Nuclear. We Don’t Have To” — and Says of a Buried Nuclear Site: “We May Have to Go There”U.S. military planners have drawn up Iran strike options that include the GBU-43/B MOAB, officials told CNN; Trump said Oct. 15–16, 2026, he would not use nuclear weapons and that the U.S. "may have to" strike Pickaxe Mountain.
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Pentagon Watchdog: Military Never Checked Whether Phone Carriers Protect Data That Could Let Hackers “Pinpoint Sensitive Locations Like Safe Houses or Command Posts” on 568,000 LinesA Department of War Inspector General audit (DOWIG-2027-001), published Oct. 14, 2026, found the military had no assurance its wireless carriers protect troops' data and still allows unencrypted SMS. Read the report.
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BREAKING: Trump Says Fort Hood Killer Nidal Hasan’s Firing-Squad Execution “Will Not Be Streamed,” but Victims’ Families May Watch: “They Deserve to Witness JUSTICE!”President Trump said on Truth Social on Oct. 15 that Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad as scheduled on Dec. 3 but that the execution will not be livestreamed; victims’ immediate families may watch in person. The Pentagon had planned a livestream.
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23 Days Out: Kansas Turns Toss-Up, New Hampshire Leans Democratic and Republicans Defend Trump's Russian Diesel Deal on the Sunday ShowsA roundup of the weekend's midterm developments: ABC moved Kansas to toss-up and North Carolina to likely Democrat, CBS moved New Hampshire to lean Democrat, a judge struck down the Justice Department's voter-roll program, and Sunday-show guests clashed over fuel prices and Russian diesel.
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