The defense secretary suggested that “the US went to war because Iran has ballistic missiles and drones it has used as a deterrent or to respond to US/Israeli attacks,” said journalist Jeremy Scahill. In the Trump administration’s first public remarks to reporters on the strikes the US and Israel launched in Iran over the […]
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the company that owns the AI assistant Claude would be punished unless it drops all ethical guidelines. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to punish the artificial intelligence company Anthropic if it doesn’t let the Pentagon use its technology however it wants—apparently even to create autonomous killer drones or conduct surveillance of Americans. Anthropic’s powerful AI […]
“Giving a general order to kill any survivors constitutes a war crime,” wrote Reps. Jamie Raskin and Ted Lieu. “Outside of war, the killing of unarmed, helpless men clinging to wreckage in open water is simply murder.” Making clear that the Trump administration’s “entire Caribbean operation,” which has killed more than 100 people in boats […]
“Impeachment is how Congress must check an out-of-control official who abuses his power,” said Win Without War. A House Democrat has formally introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his role in the extrajudicial execution of two survivors of one of President Donald Trump’s Caribbean boat bombings. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) introduced articles of impeachment on […]