West Point Eliminates Student Clubs Related to Gender or Race After Trump Order
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has axed at least a dozen extracurricular clubs geared toward women and minority students amid an ongoing audit aimed at aligning with the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity programs in federal institutions. Col. Chad Foster, West Point’s deputy commandant, issued the directive Tuesday, ordering the immediate dissolution of […]
Trump Wants to Undo Diversity Programs. Some Agencies React by Scrubbing US History and Culture
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — The tails of the Alabama Air National Guard’s F-35 Lightnings are painted red, like those of the Guard’s F-16s before them. It’s an homage to the famed Alabama-based unit of the Tuskegee Airmen, who flew red-tailed P-51 Mustangs during World War II. The squadron, which trained in the state, was the […]
The Loneliest General: Silence Surrounds Gen. Mark Milley Amid Trump Retaliation
President Donald Trump focused his ire and retaliation on one person in the very first minutes of his presidency, even before his inauguration concluded — retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, the highest-ranking and most visible officer in the military during the president’s first term in office. On Jan. 20, as Trump was sworn in, Milley’s […]
Trump Orders 1,500 Active-Duty Troops to Border Ahead of Pentagon Security Plan Deadline
The Pentagon is surging approximately 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern U.S. border under orders from President Donald Trump to assist in flying migrants out of the country as well as building barriers, as the commander in chief flexes his new authority and attempts to make good on a campaign promise to curb immigration into […]
Veterans in Oath Keepers, Proud Boys Convicted for Jan. 6 Crimes Have Sentences Commuted by Trump
Stewart Rhodes, Army veteran and leader of the right-wing militia known as the Oath Keepers, was released from prison Tuesday after President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons or commutations to more than 1,500 people accused of crimes for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including those who were convicted of assaulting […]
Green Beret Who Exploded Tesla Cybertruck Outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Used Generative AI, Police Say
The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. Nearly a week after 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger fatally shot himself, officials said according to writings, he didn’t intend to kill anyone else. An investigation […]
Active-Duty Special Forces Soldier Connected to Trump Hotel Tesla Truck Explosion
Authorities have identified Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, an Army Special Forces soldier, as the renter of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck who was killed when the vehicle exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day. Livelsberger, who was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group headquartered at Fort Carson, Colorado, and stationed in […]
Trump Blames Deadly New Orleans Truck Attack on ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism,’ Open Borders
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday suggested “radical Islamic terrorism” and President Joe Biden’s “open borders” were to blame for the deadly New Orleans truck attack, even though the suspect was an American-born military veteran. Although he did not specifically name the New Orleans killings of 14 New Year’s revelers, Trump left little doubt that he […]
Trump Will Attend the Army-Navy Game Alongside Key Allies, Nominees and Daniel Penny
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will huddle with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game, a chance to take in one of most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team. Trump is expected to be joined by Vice President-elect JD Vance, embattled Pentagon pick Pete […]
Pressure on a Veteran and Senator Shows What's Next for Those who Oppose Trump
WASHINGTON — She’s an Iraq War combat veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the military handles claims of sexual misconduct. But when Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, appeared initially cool to the nomination of President-elect Donald Trump ’s choice of Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary — a […]