John Seward

2 days ago | notus.org | John Seward

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared on “Fox and Friends” Tuesday morning, as the administration actively tries to clean up days of damning reports about the Defense Department’s handling of sensitive and possibly classified information. Hegseth’s defense: Disgruntled former employees and the media are trying to tarnish President Donald Trump’s name.

3 days ago | notus.org | John Seward

The bad headlines aren’t over for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Hegseth is once again on defense Monday morning, after reports broke late Sunday that he allegedly shared typically classified information in a second Signal group chat in mid-March. Four anonymous sources told The New York Times that Hegseth sent Signal messages about planned strikes in Yemen to a group that included his wife, his brother and his personal lawyer.

6 days ago | notus.org | John Seward

President Donald Trump’s trade and foreign policy agenda is pushing European countries to shift existing defense orders to local defense firms — and the market is responding. Trump’s rhetoric on European defense spending is stressing the strength of partnerships with NATO countries, two European defense officials told NOTUS.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | John Seward

The Trump administration isn’t planning to send any senior defense officials to two key meetings with European allies this week — a decision that’s rankled Ukraine’s biggest proponents on Capitol Hill. “I think it’s ill-advised,” Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s diminished participation in matters of Ukraine defense.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | John Seward

Foreign Policy President Donald Trump made the surprise announcement that his administration will hold a meeting “at almost the highest level” directly with Iran this Saturday to discuss a nuclear deal. “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” Trump told reporters, sitting alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “If the talks aren’t successful, I actually think it’ll be a very bad day for Iran in that case.” Iran has not yet confirmed the meeting.