STRIPES (Rose L. Thayer) - Army adds charges against former Fort Hood OB-GYN to include crimes against 73 women | Stars and Stripes
Maj. Blaine McGraw, 47, now faces 146 specifications of violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Judge Grants Mark Kelly Preliminary Injunction Against Department of War in ‘Seditious’ Video Case.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in a lawsuit brought by Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over alleged retaliation for political speech stemming from Kelly’s appearance in a video alongside other Democrat lawmakers, where they encouraged military service members to reject “illegal orders.”WHO WAS INVOLVED: Sen. […] The post Judge Grants Mark Kelly Preliminary Injunction Against Department of War in ‘Seditious’ Video Case. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in a lawsuit brought by Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over alleged retaliation for political speech stemming from Kelly’s appearance in a video alongside other Democrat lawmakers, where they encouraged military service members to reject “illegal orders.” WHO WAS INVOLVED: Sen. Mark Kelly, Sec. Pete Hegseth, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, and federal prosecutors. WHEN & WHERE: The injunction was issued on February 12, 2026, in Washington, D.C., following Kelly’s January lawsuit. KEY QUOTE: “This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms,”…Open
NYTIMES (Megan Mineiro and Zach Montague) - Judge Temporarily Blocks Hegseth From Punishing Mark Kelly Over ‘Illegal Orders’ Video
Judge Richard J. Leon found that attempts to discipline Mark Kelly for a video that warned against following illegal orders would violate the senator’s First Amendment rights.