Bedevilled by leaks to the media during his short tenure, defence secretary Pete Hegseth issued a series of restrictions on the press late on Friday. They include banning reporters from entering wide swaths of the Pentagon without a government escort,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian service at the Pentagon on Wednesday ― an event one former Defense Department lawyer called “incredibly problematic.” Hegseth’s prayer meeting in the auditorium during work hours “appeared to be a first for a Pentagon chief,