Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that he was replacing the top lawyers for the military services because he didn't ...

The Pentagon chief said he doesn’t want lawyers who are “roadblocks” to decisions he or military commanders make.

The defense secretary has repeatedly derided the military lawyers for war crime prosecutions and battlefield rules of ...

Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's dismissal of senior military leaders, ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended the Trump administration’s purge of top military lawyers because they don’t want people in those roles who “attempt to be roadblocks to ...

CNN’s Jake Tapper comments on President Donald Trump’s firing of the inspector generals from more than a dozen federal ...

Sen. Jack Reed, ranking Democrat on Armed Services Committee, said Trump’s purge of senior Pentagon leaders is a threat to ...

Some defense officials responsible for drafting lists of civilian Pentagon employees to be terminated as soon as this week ...

Lia Reynolds. In his January confirmation hearing, Hegseth clashed with Reed over disparaging comments the now-defense secretary made about military lawyers in his 2024 book, “The War on ...

U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes told the Justice Department lawyer that "any common sense rational human being understands" ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that he was replacing the top lawyers for the military services ...