Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing criticism amid purging some top leaders at the Pentagon. Also, The New York Times reports that top military members are facing polygraph tests as the Pentagon investigates media leaks. Veteran Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and former Under Secretary of the Army Rear Admiral James McPherson join Laura Barrón-López to share their reaction to the shake up.
The New York Times reports the Pentagon has given polygraph tests to joint staff members amid an investigation into media leaks. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a member of both the Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, says Congress has not been briefed on this. Former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Michael Feinberg and Charlie Sykes, Author of "To the Contrary" on Substack, join Erielle Reshef to share their thoughts.
President Trump says the conflict with Iran is "small potatoes" and not a big thing. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that the Pentagon is issuing polygraph tests to staff members amid an investigation into leaks to the media. Retired U.S. Army Colonel Jack Jacobs, New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker and Staff Writer for The New Yorker Susan Glasser join Peter Alexander with their analysis.
Secret Service agents assigned to protect Vice President JD Vance and his family are allegedly feeding details about the Vances' private travel arrangements and daily routines to sympathetic media outlets, a potential breach of the strict nondisclosure agreements every agent signs upon joining a protective detail. The allegations center on a report published by MSNow […] The post Secret Service agents guarding JD Vance's family face allegations of leaking private details to media appeared first on American Almanac .
Secret Service agents assigned to protect Vice President JD Vance and his family are allegedly feeding details about the Vances' private travel arrangements and daily routines to sympathetic media outlets, a potential breach of the strict nondisclosure agreements every agent signs upon joining a protective detail. The allegations center on a report published by MSNow that cited "Secret Service sources," unnamed individuals with knowledge of the vice president's travel, and both current and former agents. The MSNow piece aired complaints from agents described as "fed up" with last-minute schedule changes tied to Vance's family travel, including helicopter trips and weekend outings involving the vice president's young children. If the…Open
President Trump is furious about the media leaks about the war in Iran, so much so that he personally urged acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to aggressively investigate those leaks by issuing subpoenas to reporters covering the war, according to new reporting from The Wall Street Journal. What we know: “Blanche vowed to secure subpoenas specifically targeting the records of reporters who have worked on sensitive national security stories, one official said. In one meeting, Trump passed a stack of news articles he and other senior officials thought threatened national security to Blanche with a sticky note on it that said ‘treason,’ another administration official said. Senior Justice Department officials have met with…
Steve Goncalves, the father of Kaylee Goncalves, who was murdered by Bryan Kohberger in 2022, joins NewsNation to discuss the latest court documents reported in the media regarding the nature of his daughter's death and her three fellow University of Idaho schoolmates. "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
AI:Steve Goncalves, father of victim Kaylee Goncalves, revealed he was kept in the dark regarding critical autopsy details until they were leaked to the media by a complicit press corps. While the mainstream narrative attempts to control the flow of information surrounding the Bryan Kohberger murder case, the legal reality is being managed through calculated leaks rather than transparency for the victims' families. This breakdown in communication highlights a systemic failure in the judicial process where the media—and certain elements within the investigative sphere—get ahead of the actual facts, leaving grieving families to learn about their children’s deaths through headlines instead of the authorities.Open
