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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters as he leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Hegseth's Pentagon signals MAGA distress

Heather Digby Parton
Pete Hegseth (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What’s behind a pocket square matters

Eugene R. Fidell
Nuclear fusion, 3D rendered illustration of a high-energy plasma core within a tokamak, symbolizing advanced nuclear fusion technology. (Getty Images/koto_feja)

Modern nuclear tech can't outrun risks

Rae Hodge
Ryan Graves, executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace, David Grusch, former National Reconnaissance Officer Representative of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force at the U.S. Department of Defense, and Retired Navy Commander David Fravor | Still image released by the Pentagon of and "Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/US Pentagon)

UFO experts question Pentagon's report

Rae Hodge
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The Pentagon (Getty Images/Kiyoshi Tanno)

Whistleblower details UFO spacecraft

Rae Hodge
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., attends a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on pending nominations in Dirksen Building on Thursday, February 17, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Josh Hawley gets schooled by colleague

Jon Skolnik
J.D. Vance speaks onstage during Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2018. (Getty Images)

J.D. Vance falls for hoax website

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise (John Moore/Getty Images)

DoD: US trained Colombians in Haiti plot

Igor Derysh
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Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, nominee for Veterans Affairs secretary, leaves Dirksen Building after a meeting on Capitol Hill with Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on April 24, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Pentagon: Ronny Jackson harassed staff

Jon Skolnik
Jeff Bezos (Getty/Alex Wong)

How Silicon Valley seduced the Pentagon

James Bandler, Anjali Tsui, Doris Burke - ProPublica
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How Trump dodged his own Benghazi

Sophia Tesfaye
Patrick Shanahan; Donald Trump (Getty/AP/Salon)

Trump also stonewalling Congress on Iran

Sophia Tesfaye
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(Reuters/Shane T. McCoy)

Natasha Lennard
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