Police Report Sheds New Light on Pentagon Nominee Hegseth's Sexual Encounter that Led to Assault Allegation
A woman alleged that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, prevented her from leaving his hotel room, took her phone and sexually assaulted her, according to a detailed police report made public Wednesday. The complainant, whose name was redacted from the report, later sought a sexual assault examination at a hospital, leading […]
Arthur Frommer, Army Vet and Travel Guide Innovator, Has Died at 95
NEW YORK — Arthur Frommer, whose “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Frommer died from complications of pneumonia, his daughter Pauline Frommer said Monday. “My father opened up the world to so many people,” she said. “He […]
There Will Be Only One Army-Navy Game This Year as Usual, Thanks to Tulane
Both the Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen began their 2024 football seasons with much excitement and fanfare as both teams smashed expectations by going undefeated through the first half of their schedules. This led to the possibility of the two teams meeting on the football field twice this year, first in the American Athletic […]
Court-Martialed Military Veteran Sentenced to over 4 Years in Prison for Capitol Riot Attack
WASHINGTON — A former U.S. Army soldier who was court-martialed for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq two decades ago was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Edward Richmond Jr. attacked police officers with a metal […]
Trump Backs 'Emergency' Plan to Use Military for Mass Deportations
President-elect Trump Monday backed an “emergency” plan to use the military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, which he has said could target more than 10 million people. “True!!!” Trump posted on his social media site in response to an ally’s claim that the incoming president would use unspecified emergency powers to round […]
Rhodes Scholarship Recipients for 2025 Include 4 West Point Cadets
A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year among an international class representing more than 70 nations, scholarship officials announced. Nearly 3,000 U.S. students began the application process for the scholarship covering all […]
Kings of Campus: How Some Army Instructors Use Their Clout to Prey on College Cadets
To the young students in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), the officers who run the programs on college campuses are impressive. Often combat-proven veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, they are intended to represent the model soldier. They also have disproportionate control over cadets’ lives, leading a program that pays for […]
Police Records Show Defense Secretary Nominee Was Involved in Alleged Sexual Assault in 2017
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, was involved in an incident of alleged sexual assault in 2017 at a hotel in Monterey, California, according to local authorities. The alleged incident occurred in the early hours of Oct. 8, 2017, and involved a victim who suffered bruising on their thigh, police records released […]
What to Know About Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's Pick to Be Director of National Intelligence
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence, a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. Gabbard is a veteran who served for more than two decades but doesn’t have the typical intelligence […]
'He's Going to Have to Explain It': Surprise Defense Secretary Pick's History Takes Center Stage
He has repeatedly called to ban women from serving in combat roles in the military. He advocated extensively to gain pardons for troops accused and convicted of war crimes. And he was one of a dozen troops turned away from serving on the National Guard mission to defend the Capitol, allegedly over tattoos that are […]