Defiant Hegseth blasts impeachment effort as 'spectacle,' puts 'target' on troops

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed an effort to impeach him as "political spectacle," saying the resolution "puts a target on the backs" of U.S. troops and signals to America's enemies that Congress will "punish its own warriors and its own civilian leadership for successfully executing lawful military operations.

Due to operations security, we will not provide further information on movement of assets."

Platte Moring, who leads the independent watchdog office at the Pentagon, told lawmakers that reported disruptions to Starlink and Starshield in recent weeks was a contractual matter that would be best addressed to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, according to a document seen by ABC News.

The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group will return to its homeport of San Diego on Thursday, concluding a 10-month deployment to the Middle East where it played a key role in the war with Iran and set a new record of 265 days in between ports of call.

The scope and sensitivity of the exposed information could raise national security concerns, particularly because the files included details about the jobs performed by military and civilian personnel.

Here's what it may mean It comes two weeks after guidelines for screening were "temporarily rescinded."

A large black plume of smoke could be seen at the scene following the crash.

Hegseth said that if clinicians recommended testosterone replacement therapy for a service member, it would be up to that individual to decide if they wanted to purse the treatment.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed an effort to impeach him as "political spectacle," saying the resolution "puts a target on the backs" of U.S. troops and signals to America's enemies that Congress will "punish its own warriors and its own civilian leadership for successfully executing lawful military operations.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would remain on the job, even as he acknowledged that the war with Iran had contributed to Republicans' sweeping midterm losses and as Democrats prepare to use their new congressional majority to potentially investigate the Pentagon chief.

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The United States removed its heavy bombers from a base in the United Kingdom it had used to launch strikes on Iran, amid an investigation into a suspected plot to attack the base. At least a dozen planes, including B-1 bombers, were redeployed to the United States from Royal Air Force Fairford, according to the Pentagon, which did not specify when or why the planes departed. "While operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real-time, we can acknowledge now that all U.S. bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have re-deployed to their home stations in the United States," a Defense Department official said in a statement on Sunday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday morning that the aircraft redeployment reflects a "regular rotation" and that he "wouldn't directly tie" the suspected plot regarding RAF Fairford to the action.

It is unclear whether a reduction amid the Iran war would disrupt operations.

The scope and sensitivity of the exposed information could raise national security concerns, particularly because the files included details about the jobs performed by military and civilian personnel.

Iran war costs $38 billion as CBO warns of higher inflation, depleted weapons The nonpartisan agency describes the consequences of the war that will persist.

On May 16, more than a year after Hernandez applied her father for the Military Parole in Place program, ICE officers detained Hernandez-Reyna at a gas station just outside of Phoenix in front of Hernandez's two younger brothers.