Hegseth bans use of nonpublic info for bets on U.S. military ops
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the ban applies to classified and unclassified information and includes prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the ban applies to classified and unclassified information and includes prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi.
Last week, the Pentagon had said the execution of the ex-Army major convicted of killing 13 in 2009 would be livestreamed.
Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks reversed course on a House resolution to require congressional approval for continued military action against Iran, citing open-ended war concerns ahead of competitive midterm races.
Senate Democrats are demanding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Trump Administration answer urgent questions about reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and mental health crises on the USS Abraham Lincoln during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
Eight months ago, Hegseth told top military leaders there would be "no more beardos" and "fat troops."
The Trump administration called the strikes self-defense, targeting Iranian surveillance, communications, and air defense systems. Jarred Hill reports.
A deal with Iran could extend a ceasefire and open the Strait of Hormuz. Wendy Gillette reports.
In the U.S. military's latest war games, AI took a front seat. A top commander told CBS News "it's not going to go away, and we ignore it at our own peril."
Officials from Pakistan are spending the weekend in Tehran trying to negotiate a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, while the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier has returned home to Norfolk, Virginia. Wendy Gillette reports.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth battled with Democrats during a nearly six-hour House Armed Services Committee hearing, where he faced sharp questioning over the war's costs in dollars, lives and diminishing stockpiles of critical weapons.
The war with Iran is now in its ninth week, and Congress is concerned about the reduction of global munition stockpiles and the ability to restock them.
Hegseth indicated during a Pentagon news conference that the Trump administration is in no hurry to reach a peace deal as the war continues.
About half of Iran's stockpile of ballistic missiles and its associated launch systems were still intact as of the start of the ceasefire in early April, officials said.
House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, claiming he has "demonstrated a willful disregard for the Constitution."
Less than 24 hours after President Trump announced there was a two-week ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran, hundreds of people lost their lives in Lebanon.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the ceasefire and said, "We'll be hanging around." He said Iran knows "this agreement means that they will never, ever possess a nuclear weapon."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine briefed on Operation Epic Fury in Iran Friday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that it would be the "most intense day" of strikes against Iran so far.
Meanwhile, Iran has launched new attacks against Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including a strike on a residential building in Bahrain’s capital, while Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned of the “most intensive day of strikes” against Iran Tuesday. Jarred Hill reports.
In Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's second news briefing since the start of the Iran war, Hegseth said the U.S. had sunk an enemy ship by a torpedo for the first time since World War II.
President Trump has said the war with Iran could "take four weeks or less," but one expert who studies these events at the University of Chicago believes it will be a long, protracted conflict.
President Trump said the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran represented the "last best chance" of addressing the threat posed by the Islamic Republic's ballistic missiles and nuclear program.
Lawmakers are pushing for the full release of a video showing a second strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean.
Hegseth delivered the keynote address at the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday, pledging a commitment to bolster an "arsenal of freedom" and vowing to take on drug runners.
The Pentagon watchdog released its report on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal to share details about operations in Yemen.
