Hegseth terminates women’s advisory group, slams ‘divisive agenda’
A Sept. 17 memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the “formal disestablishment” of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Senate Dems raise concerns over Pentagon plan for immigration judges
Some Democratic senators are concerned that allowing military lawyers to work as temporary immigration judges will violate the Posse Comitatus Act.
Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation, Hegseth says
Under the new guidelines, troops granted a medical waiver must receive treatment and see the medical condition resolved within a year or face separation.
In reversal, Pentagon keeps women’s advisory group, adds four more
A 75-year-old committee advocating for women in the military will be revived as part of a phased return of 39 DOD groups put on pause earlier this year.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Trump order aims to rebrand Defense Department as Department of War
The order comes as some of President Trump's closest supporters on Capitol Hill proposed legislation that would codify the new name into law.
Troops will be drug tested for psychedelic mushroom use, Pentagon says
Psilocin will be added to drug testing panels for service members as of Oct. 1, according to a Pentagon memo.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher