| 2026-03-20 | Judge Strikes Down Pentagon Press Policy Requiring Pledge Not to Gather Unauthorized Information Judge Paul L. Friedman · New York Times · Julian E. Barnes · Pentagon |
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| 2026-03-17 | Pentagon Confirms Working to Replace Anthropic's Claude — OpenAI Already Deployed, Google Gemini Next in Line Cameron Stanley · Emil Michael · OpenAI · Google |
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| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Claims Iran's Navy Destroyed and Senior Naval Leadership Killed in Operation Epic Fury Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · Iran · +1 |
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| 2026-02-18 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense |
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| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson to Lead Official Pentagon Prayer Service Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge Pete Hegseth · Dan Driscoll · Dave Butler · Mark Milley · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-15 | Pentagon Extends Defense Contractor "Naughty List" Review Period Pentagon · Pete Hegseth · RTX · General Dynamics · +2 |
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| 2026-02-08 | Hegseth Skips NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Elbridge Colby · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-05 | Hegseth Declares America a "Christian Nation" at National Prayer Breakfast; Says Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for It Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · National Prayer Breakfast |
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| 2025-12-20 | Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders 'Operation Hawkeye Strike': Massive Retaliatory Strikes Against ISIS in Syria Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar · William Nathaniel Howard · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-17 | Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · Frank Bradley · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Restrictive Media Rules Requiring Publication Approval, Violating First Amendment The New York Times · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · NPR · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-16 | Pentagon Strips Press Credentials After Hegseth Imposes Rules Labeling Journalists as Security Risks Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · New York Times · Associated Press · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-15 | Pentagon Chief Hegseth Blocks Military Officials From Contacting Congress Without Approval Pete Hegseth · Steve Feinberg · Pentagon |
| reported |
| 2025-01-29 | Hegseth Orders Pentagon DEI Purge, Establishes 'Restoring America's Fighting Force' Task Force | | confirmed |
| 2025-01-29 | Pentagon Ends Travel Reimbursement for Military Members Seeking Abortion Care Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · Lloyd Austin · Donald Trump |
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| 2024-10-16 | Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Settle Charges of Defrauding Pentagon, Bribing Qatar, and Patriot Contract Fraud Raytheon · Department of Justice · Qatar · U.S. Department of Defense · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-09-19 | General Dynamics Virginia-Class Submarine Program Revealed to Be $17 Billion Over Budget with 2-3 Year Delays General Dynamics · Huntington Ingalls Industries · Ken Calvert · Carlos Del Toro · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-04-26 | Warren Report Reveals 672 Pentagon and Congressional Officials Now Lobby for Defense Contractors Elizabeth Warren · Boeing · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-02-15 | Pentagon Authorizes Oracle Cloud for Top Secret and Special Access Program Missions Oracle · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Air Force · Defense Information Systems Agency |
| confirmed |
| 2021-07-06 | Pentagon Cancels $10B JEDI Contract, Creates Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability Pentagon · Microsoft · Amazon Web Services · Google · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2019-10-26 | Pentagon Awards $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract to Microsoft Over Amazon Pentagon · Microsoft · Amazon Web Services · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2019-07-23 | Mark Esper Confirmed as Defense Secretary Despite Raytheon Lobbying Career and Refusal to Recuse Mark Esper · Raytheon · Donald Trump · Elizabeth Warren · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-07-21 | Mark Esper, Former Raytheon Weapons Lobbyist, Becomes Army Secretary in Revolving Door Appointment Mark Esper · Raytheon · Donald Trump · Elizabeth Warren |
| confirmed |
| 2013-08-01 | Retired General James Mattis Joins General Dynamics Board Five Months After Marine Corps Retirement James Mattis · General Dynamics · Marine Corps |
| confirmed |
| 1997-08-01 | Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly Boeing · McDonnell Douglas · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · +2 |
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| 1953-10-30 | Eisenhower Approves New Look Defense Policy - Cuts Military Budget by One-Third Despite Pentagon Resistance Dwight D. Eisenhower · John Foster Dulles · Robert B. Carney · Matthew B. Ridgway · +1 | | confirmed |