The Pentagon Purge, and the Danger Ahead
The Supreme Court stands on the horns of a dilemma. If the court rules against the administration, it risks President Trump’s ignoring its decision and thereby obviates the court’s authority and precipitates a constitutional crisis.
With Pentagon purge, Trump thrusts military into uncharted territory
The removal of Gen. C.Q. Brown and other top officers has deepened concern among Trump’s critics who fear he intends to impose his politics on the institution.
Trump and Hegseth’s Pentagon purge undermines the armed forces
In his first weeks in office, President Donald Trump did serious damage to America’s soft power by moving to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development and defund the National Endowment for Democracy. Now he seems bent on damaging U.S. hard power, too.
The most shocking Pentagon firing wasn't the top general, legal experts say. It was the lawyers.
The Pentagon's firing of top JAG officers sends a 'chilling message' about political interference in military legal affairs, a former JAG said.
In general, a major shakeup at the Pentagon is admiral
President Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have outraged the Beltway by dismissing top generals, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown.
Trump fires Gen. Charles Q. Brown as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, other senior officers
President Trump said he is nominating Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Trump fires CQ Brown as Joint Chiefs chairman
President Donald Trump announced he had fired Gen. C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and planned to replace him with Air Force lieutenant general.
Racism isn’t even the worst part of Pentagon coup | Will Bunch Newsletter
Like Springsteen or the Stones, fellow columnist Trudy Rubin’s European tour has been extended as she expresses her shock and outrage over the American betrayal of Ukrainian democracy — a cause she was advocating even before Vladimir Putin’s Russian troops invaded. Stay tuned for her coverage of the German elections, from Berlin.
Defense: Why is Trump purging the Pentagon?
The Trump administration appears to have ordered at least a partial halt to the crucial intelligence that the United States shares with Ukraine to defend against the Russian invasion, according to a US military official and public remarks made by top Trump administration officials.
Hegseth defends Trump’s firings of Pentagon leaders and says there may be more dismissals
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump’s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a wave of top dismissals at the Pentagon, insisting that they weren’t unusual despite accusations that the new administration is injecting politics into the military.