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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday removed the security detail and security clearance for former United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff G ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday revoked the security detail and security clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, according ...

A judge in Washington, D.C., has sided with activists who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in already approved funding violated the law.

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