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Pentagon: 140 US Troops Wounded in War, 8 Severely

108 troops injured since start of Iran war have already returned to duty, Parnell says

(Newser) - The Pentagon is offering the clearest tally yet of US casualties as the 11-day-old war with Iran grinds on. About 140 American service members have been wounded since fighting began, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Tuesday in an emailed statement, per Stars and Stripes . Parnell said the vast majority of...

7th Soldier Killed in Iran War Mourned as 'American Hero'

Sgt. Benjamin Pennington 'was basically the quintessential all-American'

(Newser) - The Pentagon has identified the seventh US service member killed in the war with Iran as 26-year-old Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington of Glendale, Kentucky. Officials say Pennington was gravely injured on March 1 in an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia and died Sunday from his...

Anthropic Sues Over Hegseth's Security Blacklist

AI firm challenges Pentagon's designation of it as a 'supply chain risk'

(Newser) - Anthropic just took its fight with the Trump administration to federal court. The AI firm sued on Monday after the Pentagon branded the company a security risk and moved to cancel its government contracts, reports the Wall Street Journal . In a complaint filed in the Northern District of California, Anthropic...

Service Member Dies of Injuries, Pentagon Says

Death toll among US armed forces reaches 7

(Newser) - Another US service member has died of wounds suffered in the fighting with Iran, the Pentagon announced Sunday, raising the American military death toll to seven. US Central Command said the service member, whose name has not been released pending family notification, was wounded on March 1 in an Iranian...

Report: Trump Privately Mulling Sending Ground Troops to Iran

White House pushes back on NBC report about possible small, strategic deployment

(Newser) - President Trump has been talking privately about putting a limited number of US troops on the ground in Iran , multiple current and former US officials tell NBC News . According to those sources, Trump has floated deploying a small, targeted contingent rather than launching a large-scale ground invasion. The discussions, said...

DOD Deems Anthropic a 'Supply' Chain Risk to National Security'

Designation could bar firm from future government work after dispute on AI limits for the military

(Newser) - Anthropic just got an official black mark from the Pentagon, and it's one that could freeze it out of future US government work. CEO Dario Amodei said on Thursday that the Defense Department has formally designated the AI giant a "supply chain risk to national security," a...

Probe Suggests US Responsible for Deadly Iran School Strike: Sources

Preliminary findings suggest US strike killed scores of Iranian students, sources say

(Newser) - American military investigators now think it's probable the US was responsible for the apparent strike that hit an Iranian girls' school over the weekend, reportedly killing dozens of children , according to two US officials who spoke to Reuters . A still-ongoing probe into the strike has not reached a final...

Altman to OpenAI Staff: Hegseth Is in Driver's Seat

Altman emphasizes Pentagon control as OpenAI expands into classified work

(Newser) - Sam Altman told OpenAI staff this week that when it comes to how the US military uses the company's AI, the Pentagon—not OpenAI—is in charge. In an all-hands meeting Tuesday, held four days after OpenAI revealed a new Defense Department deal, the CEO underscored the fact that...

Altman: OpenAI Pentagon Deal Looked 'Opportunistic, Sloppy'

Safeguards were added to deal after backlash

(Newser) - OpenAI's fast-tracked Pentagon deal just got a civil-liberties rewrite. After a weekend of blowback, the company said Monday that its agreement to supply AI for the Defense Department's classified systems now explicitly bars using its tools for "intentional" domestic surveillance of Americans, including tracking people via commercially...

Pentagon Got Help From Claude in Iran

Military deployed Anthropic AI tool even as it begins severing ties

(Newser) - Claude is still apparently welcome at the Pentagon, at least for now. The military used the AI tool from Anthropic in its attack on Iran over the weekend, according to separate reports in the Wall Street Journal and Axios . The move came hours after President Trump ordered federal agencies to...

Hegseth: This Is Not a 'Regime Change War'

Defense chief and top general brief the nation

(Newser) - The nation's top two military officials gave their first public briefing about the military operation in Iran, and both declined to put a specific timeline on how long it may last, reports the New York Times . (Earlier, President Trump suggested four to five weeks .) Highlights from the press...

DOD Bans Military Members From Attending Elite Schools

Hegseth calls schools like Yale, Brown 'factories of anti-American resentment,' without elaborating

(Newser) - The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown, and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called "factories of anti-American resentment." Hegseth announced the policy in a video posted to social...

OpenAI Chief Jumps Into Pentagon-Anthropic AI Fray

Sam Altman says his firm is exploring DOD partnership amid agency's clash with Claude maker

(Newser) - Sam Altman is positioning ChatGPT creator OpenAI as a potential middleman in the fight over how the Pentagon can use advanced AI. In a Thursday memo to his staff viewed by the Wall Street Journal , Altman said OpenAI is in talks with the Defense Department about deploying its models in...

Pentagon Shoots Down DHS Drone With Laser

Lawmakers demand probe into 2nd uncoordinated snafu in Texas near US-Mexico border

(Newser) - The Pentagon just zapped the wrong drone, again. Defense officials on Thursday used a high-energy laser to bring down a "seemingly threatening" drone that turned out to belong to Homeland Security above Fort Hancock, Texas, forcing the FAA to briefly close airspace below 18,000 feet, multiple people familiar...

Scouting America Shifts Gender Policy for Pentagon

Applicants must join under the biological sex they were assigned at birth, Hegseth announces

(Newser) - Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including a requirement that members use "biological sex at birth and not gender identity," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday in a video . The concessions mean Hegseth will not follow through on his threat to end...

Hegseth: We're on That Review of UFO Files

But Pentagon chief offers no clear timeline for Trump-ordered review of records

(Newser) - Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth says the hunt for whatever the government knows about UFOs is officially on. Speaking Monday during a visit to aerospace firm Sierra Space in Colorado, Hegseth said the Defense Department is now sorting through files on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and possible extraterrestrial life, following President...

Sources: Pentagon Gives Anthropic an Ultimatum

Pentagon threatens contract, could invoke Defense Production Act, sources say

(Newser) - Sources say Anthropic has been handed a blunt choice by the Pentagon: drop key AI ethics limits or risk being frozen out of federal work. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given the San Francisco startup until 5:01pm Friday to accept the Trump administration's terms of use or face...

Hegseth Tries Again to Punish Mark Kelly

Defense chief appeals ruling blocking punishment over Kelly's troop remarks

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is escalating his clash with Sen. Mark Kelly, taking his bid to punish the Arizona Democrat to a federal appeals court, Politico reports. Hegseth is asking the DC Circuit to overturn a judge's order that temporarily blocked the Pentagon from demoting Kelly, a former Navy...

US Tracks Oil Tanker to Indian Ocean, Climbs Aboard

It's the third sanctioned vessel seized by American military, after it was followed from the Caribbean

(Newser) - US military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. An organization that tracks ship movements said the vessel was the only tanker left to...

Hegseth Reportedly Forces Out Top Army Spokesman

Defense secretary reportedly wanted Col. David Butler gone

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has again reached into the Army's ranks, this time reportedly prompting the exit of a top spokesman. Col. David Butler, a senior adviser and media strategist for Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, submitted retirement papers after Hegseth directed...

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