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24 Oct 2025 714

Anonymous ally’s $130 million donation to Pentagon sparks legal and ethical questions

The Trump administration plans to redirect a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump towards paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

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16 Oct 2025 842

Top U.S.–India expert Ashley Tellis arrested over classified document scandal and alleged ties to Chinese officials

Foreign policy scholar Ashley Tellis, one of Washington’s leading experts on India and U.S.–India relations, has been arrested and charged with unlawful retention of national defense information after FBI agents uncovered over 1,000 pages of classified material at his Virginia home — including documents marked Top Secret.

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12 Oct 2025 898

Court documents reveal Chinese money on SpaceX’s shareholder list

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has received funds directly from Chinese investors, according to previously sealed testimony, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of the United States’ most significant military contractors.

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04 Oct 2025 770

Jon Harrison removed as navy chief of staff after clashes over budget control

Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, abruptly dismissed the navy chief of staff on Friday, removing an aide who had been central to the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the Pentagon.

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13 Sep 2025 657

Trump administration drafts plan to deploy 1,000 National Guard troops to Louisiana cities

The Trump administration has reportedly drafted plans to activate roughly 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops and send them to the state’s “urban centres” like New Orleans.

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05 Sep 2025 870

Trump revives ‘war department’ branding to stress “warrior ethos”

Donald Trump will order that the Pentagon be called the Department of War as it "conveys a stronger message of readiness and resolve."

World

26 Aug 2025 678

Trump tariffs shake India’s diamond industry

The Surat Diamond Bourse, acclaimed as the world’s largest office complex—surpassing even the Pentagon in size and symbolizing India’s growing trade ambitions, remains eerily quiet, with only a few traders at work.

World

26 Aug 2025 758

Pentagon considers deploying US troops to Chicago amid Trump сrackdown plans

The Pentagon is reportedly developing plans from the White House to deploy the US military to the Windy City as early as September.

World

24 Aug 2025 880

US blocks Ukraine from using long-range Atacms to strike inside Russia — WSJ

US defense officials have blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia since late spring as part of a Trump administration effort to get Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks, according to a report on Saturday.

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23 Aug 2025 691

Trump administration fires Pentagon intelligence chief in sweeping military purge

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed the head of the Pentagon’s intelligence agency along with two other senior military commanders, three U.S. officials informed Reuters on Friday. This represents the latest action by President Donald Trump’s administration to remove officials from the Pentagon.

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30 May 2025 953

Pentagon employee arrested for attempting to pass classified information to foreign government

A tech specialist working for the U.S. Department of Defense’s intelligence agency was arrested on May 29 for attempting to pass national defense information to a foreign government agent.

World

24 Apr 2025 807

CBS News: US defense secretary ordered a makeup room to be installed at the Pentagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

Tech

22 Mar 2025 689

The US is urgently developing an Iron Dome equivalent to defend against ballistic and hypersonic missiles

Trump wants a ‘Golden Dome’ capable of defending the entire US: ‘Strategically, it doesn’t make any sense’

World

11 Mar 2025 993

Trump seeks minerals refining on Pentagon bases to boost US output, sources say

U.S. President Donald Trump aims to build metals refining facilities on Pentagon military bases as part of his plan to boost domestic production of critical minerals and offset China’s control of the sector, two senior administration officials told Reuters.

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21 Feb 2025 822

US Defense Chief states Musk’s DOGE will have extensive access at the Pentagon

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will have "broad access" to root out previous administration programs at the Pentagon, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday.

Investigation

03 Feb 2025 718

FBI agents investigating UFOs fear potential purge may push them out

The existence of the FBI’s informal working group on the issue has not been disclosed publicly before.

World

31 Jan 2025 741

China constructs world’s largest military command center, ten times the size of the Pentagon

Facility near Beijing, 10 times size of Pentagon, may have been under construction since mid-2024.

Politics

26 Jan 2025 644

Pentagon document unveils the war-provoking reason why the ’Deep State’ has always feared releasing JFK assassination files

Chilling Pentagon documents may reveal why the ’Deep State’ has always feared the release of the John F. Kennedy assassination files.

World

13 Oct 2024 733

US to send antimissile system to Israel

The US will send an antimissile system to Israel as well as a crew of US military personnel to operate the system.

World

01 Aug 2024 754

Three men accused of plotting 9/11 terror attacks reach plea deal

The three men accused of plotting the terror attacks on September 11 2001 have been given a plea deal after years in Guantánamo Bay, according to Pentagon officials

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