Defendant in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case Signs Plea Offer
The Saudi prisoner agreed to the settlement to avoid a death-penalty trial, his lawyer said, but it has yet to reach the defense secretary.
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What We Know About the Month-Old Migrant Mission at Guantánamo Bay
President Trump said the base would house as many as 30,000 migrants awaiting deportation. But construction of a tent city was halted weeks ago.
Fort Liberty Set to Be Renamed Fort Bragg, Fulfilling a Trump Promise
In 2020, Congress pushed past the president’s veto of a military policy bill to rename the base, which was originally named for a Confederate general.
Hegseth Cuts Pentagon Work on Preventing Civilian Harm
Employees at the Pentagon’s Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response office were told their jobs would be eliminated, as would advisory posts at operational commands.
Hegseth’s Plans to Reshape the Military Start With Cuts
At the same time, Republican lawmakers are aiming to add more than $100 billion to the Pentagon’s proposed budget, which would push military spending close to $1 trillion a year.
Hegseth Says Fort Moore Will Be Renamed to Fort Benning
The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on Confederate officers.
Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.
Trump Relaxes Limits on Counterterrorism Strikes Outside Conventional War Zones
The president has rescinded a Biden-era system that required high-level approval for certain drone strikes and commando raids, reverting to a more permissive system.
Pentagon Sending Combat Forces to Help Secure Border
The troop mobilization indicates that President Trump is breaking with recent presidents’ practice of limiting deployments along the U.S.-Mexico border mostly to small numbers of active-duty soldiers and reservists.
Defense Secretary Hegseth Enters the Sept. 11 Case Fray
The new Pentagon chief got a look at Guantánamo Bay’s most infamous inmate in his recent visit to the wartime prison.