President Trump has insisted for months that his administration and Harvard University were on the verge of striking a major agreement that would end his pressure campaign against the school. But eight months after the conflict with the government erupted, no such deal has emerged. Joining us now with new insight on why, investigative reporter for the New York Times, Michael Schmidt. So why >> money? So, so the basically they were very very close to a deal over the summer and hardliners in the administratio ...

The Pentagon Inspector General’s report on the Signal scandal says Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked potential compromise of information that could harm military personnel and missions, according to four sources familiar with the findings. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Same mission. New name. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context an ...

All right, let's talk about Mark. Kelly, which is another wrinkle to all of this retribution and maybe overextending themselves on on what they actually have the authority to do. Uh, the Pentagon is investigating or the Pentagon might well recall Mark Kelly and and court marshal him.They're thinking about that. The FBI is now trying to interview all of the lawmakers who were in that video saying you can or you you have an obligation to not follow an illegal order. They specifically said illegal order.or the ...

Tonight, the Pentagon opening a misconduct investigation into Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly for his role in this video posted online last week. >> We want to speak directly [music] to members of the military. >> Defense Secretary Pete Hegth calling the video quote despicable, reckless, and false.After Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers, who all served in the military or intelligence, urged service members not to follow unlawful orders, infuriating President Trump. No one has to carry out orde ...

The Pentagon says it is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly and threatens potential court martial in wake of illegal orders video.https://t.co/Y45dwj0I1o https://t.co/NsdI5Gt7ba ...

Cost Analysis - Changing the Department of Defense's name to the Department of War could cost up to $2 billion [1] - Changing the Pentagon's letterheads alone could cost $1 billion [3] - Rewriting code for internal and external facing systems, emails, and other military systems is a significant cost factor in the name change [3] Governmental & Legislative Actions - President Trump signed an executive order in September, informally renaming the Pentagon as the Department of War, giving them 30 days to start the formal name change process [1] - Formally changing the name requires Congressional approval [1] - Republicans Rick Scott and Mike Lee introduced legislation to enact the name change in Congress [4] - There has been no formal move by the administration to push the name change through Congress [4] Branding & Communication - The administration has been using "Department of War" in its correspondence and speeches [2] - Changing the branding across the military is a complex task [2] - Thousands of signs across the military, both domestically and overseas, would need to be replaced [3]

National Security & Defense - The Pentagon overstated the national security impact of the government shutdown on a secretive, ultra-long-range missile program [1] - The missile program is considered key to US military competition against China [1] - The Air Force later admitted the program was not affected by the shutdown [1]

We mentioned the the now presence of USS Gerald R. Ford um and the Pentagon saying it would quote disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle transnational criminal organizations when you think about the potential objective here of the United States both in the Pacific and and the Caribbean what is your sense Richard with all the firepower that is being used as to the ultimate objective. >> You don't need that to knock out a few boats that are traveling in the open sea and not responding to sign ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth challenged Pentagon contractors to speed up weapons development or “fade away” in a speech Friday before an audience of executives from major industry players. https://t.co/9iy4sCP9C4 ...

President Trump says he's ordered the Pentagon to "prepare for possible action" in Nigeria as he continues to accuse the nation of violence against Christians. https://t.co/Wv0pRk1Fjb ...