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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a welcome ceremony for President Donald Trump hosted by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hegseth’s plan to cut senior military jobs could hit more than 120 high-ranking officers

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plans to slash the number of senior military leaders across the services would cut more than 120 high-ranking officer jobs in the active duty and National Guard, including as many as nine top general slots.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives before President Donald Trump speaks on his first 100 days at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How the military is dealing with Hegseth’s order to remove transgender troops

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

A neighborhood still flooded from Hurricane Milton prepares to have the FEMA Disaster Recover Center covert to a polling location for the general election on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Ridge Manor, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

‘Don’t get in my way,’ the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in front of the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump floats cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of weekend meeting

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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth talks to the media during his visit to the headquarters of U.S. European Command and Africa Command at the Africa Command at Kelly Barracks in Stuttgart Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Hegseth didn’t request over $137,000 in upgrades to his new military residence, official says

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says NATO allies need to spend more on defense

The gravestone of Pfc. Roland L. Bragg is seen Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Nobleboro, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again, but named after a different soldier

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responds to a reporter's question before the start of a meeting with visiting Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

NATO allies await US defense secretary’s visit, the first by a member of the Trump administration

Vehicles pass a sign for Fort Liberty, an Army installation near Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. The name was changed from Fort Bragg in 2023, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday, Feb. 10, 2024, changing it back, in honor of World War II veteran Roland L. Bragg of Maine. It was originally named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, a North Carolina native. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg and signals more change coming

U.S. Defense Secretary heads to Europe for Ukraine talks

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One where he signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

US officials are bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine

This combination photo shows Tulsi Gabbard, nominee for Director of National Intelligence, left, pictured Jan. 30, 2025, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, pictured Jan. 29, 2025, at their confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)

How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to ‘yes’ on RFK Jr. and Gabbard

The Trump administration is throwing more Pentagon reporters out of their workspaces

The City Hall is seen damaged following Russian rocket attack that killed and injured a number of people in Izium, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Ukraine’s Western backers will meet for arms talks as doubts over US intentions grow

Secretary of State Rubio insists US ships must transit freely through Panama Canal

Cranes load and unload containers from cargo ships at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Panama, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Panama’s president denies making a deal that US warships can transit the canal for free

A "seized" sign is placed on a Venezuelan government airplane during a news conference where U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced its seizure at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

US seizes Venezuelan president’s plane held in Dominican Republic during Rubio visit

Hegseth welcomes Netanyahu to Pentagon

Eric and Lara Trump talks as President Donald Trump attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fox News hires president’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump for weekend show on network

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a joint news conference with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

US officials now say Trump only wants to displace Palestinians from Gaza temporarily

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference Sept. 16, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

DeSantis goes to battle with Florida Republicans in trying to get closer to Trump

In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

First military flight lands in Guantanamo Bay with migrants deported from the US

Panama's President Jose Mulino, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive for a meeting at the presidential palace in Panama City, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Rubio says Panama must reduce Chinese influence around the canal or face possible US action

This photo provided by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. military conducts coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (U.S. Africa Command via AP)

US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Things to know about how Trump’s policies target transgender people

The Capitol dome on Capitol Hill is seen through a glass structure in Washington, on April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Woman who wanted to kill GOP leaders said she was inspired by CEO’s slaying, prosecutors say

President Donald Trump listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon prepares to deploy 1,000 more troops to bolster Trump’s immigration crackdown

This U.S. Department of Education website page is seen on Jan. 24, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

A list of government web pages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders

A page, top, from the Census.gov website that displayed on Jan. 24, about sexual orientation and gender identity, and the error page, bottom, showing the page is not available on Jan. 31, is photographed Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Trump officials target ‘gender ideology’

Airline seat parts and sugar packets among debris recovered by boater on Potomac after midair collision

A member of a dive team and a Coast Guard vessel with a crane are pictured as they work near the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘Heartbreaking’ search for those killed in DC air crash as army helicopter’s black box recovered

President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump blames diversity hiring as probe into deadly DC plane crash begins

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Who is Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary responding to the DC plane crash?

This recent handout photograph provided by The Skating Club of Boston shows club skater Spencer Lane, who died in an airplane collision with a helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025 in Washington. (The Skating Club of Boston photograph via AP)

Teen figure skaters and their coaches, group of hunters and students among victims of air crash