Six U.S. officials told The Washington Post that at least 22 service members have died in the Middle East during the Iran war — four more than the Pentagon's public count — and the Pentagon declined to explain the gap. The same week, Hegseth hosted YouTubers Jake and Logan Paul at the Pentagon and put the video online.
Malliotakis has been a cosponsor of the Major Richard Star Act since the day it was introduced. When a petition to force a House vote sat one signature short for nearly two weeks, she didn't sign it. Her reason: a Republican package she also cosponsored, which pays for the Star Act by cutting disability ratings for tinnitus and sleep apnea.
The Pentagon's inspector general says the Iran war has caused 'strategic inventory shortfalls' and cost up to $3.7 billion in lost equipment, including nearly 60 aircraft. The White House calls shortage claims 'false.' Troops sent CBS photos of wrecked U.S. bases, damage one said 'hasn't been communicated to the American public.'
Idaho guardsmen have been policing Washington, D.C. since February under Trump's executive order. The ACLU wants them home. The Pentagon says it won't know the cost until the mission ends. And a D.C. resident has filed a $3 million claim saying Idaho guardsmen injured her.
Five weeks into the boat strike campaign, the Senate voted on whether to pull U.S. forces out of a fight Congress never authorized. It failed 48-51. Fourteen Republican senators we track voted no, and thirteen of them voted no every time it came up again.
A fundraising email from Michigan's Republican Senate candidate told supporters he saw bin Laden's dead body himself. Rogers was 7,000 miles away, and in 2011 he publicly argued about whether to release the photographs — because a photograph is what he had seen.
Two organizations that help service members file as conscientious objectors say applications have spiked since the Iran war began — one is handling them at six times its normal rate, the highest in 25 years. Congress has never voted to authorize the war.
In the only debate before South Carolina's August 25 runoff, Graham asked the moderator to repeat a question about Taiwan and the South China Sea, then said: 'I'm just going to be honest here. I'm not that informed on national security.'
Pete Hegseth headlined 'Operation Top Nunn: Salute to the Troops' at the Iowa State Fair and asked Iowans to reelect Nunn. The Pentagon's own February 2026 guidance bars Senate-confirmed officials from speaking at a political fundraiser or advocating for a candidate.