Deputy Secretary of War, Steve Feinberg

Pete Hegseth rejects report of White House search to replace Pentagon deputy secretary

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is pushing back hard against a Reuters report claiming the White House is considering replacements for his deputy, Steve Feinberg, a story he says is “COMPLETELY false” and driven by outside interests opposed to reform.

On September 5, 2026, Pete Hegseth took to X to flatly deny that the White House had interviewed candidates to replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, after a report from Reuters, published the day before, according to Mediaite’s reporting, sparked speculation about more turnover at the top of the Pentagon.

Hegseth’s response was blunt and personal, calling the story “COMPLETELY false” and framing it as an attack by “outside forces” threatened by Feinberg’s success in advancing the president’s agenda.
“The [Department of Defense] has never had a better Deputy Secretary than Steve Feinberg,” Hegseth declared in his post, adding, “Outside forces (i.e. companies he is pressing for results!) want Steve gone because he is so effective in advancing [President Donald Trump’s] agenda. His leadership is HISTORIC.”

Reuters had reported, citing three unnamed people familiar with the discussions, that the White House had interviewed candidates to replace Feinberg. But Hegseth’s public denial left little room for ambiguity, and the Department of Defense (War) under his leadership is presenting a unified front against what it views as unfounded rumors.

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Stephen Andrew Feinberg is an American billionaire businessman and government official serving as the 36th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. Sworn into office on March 17, 2025, he functions as the chief operating officer for the department, which was formally renamed the Department of War later that year. Before entering the Pentagon, Feinberg was best known as the co-founder and long-time CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, a global private equity firm managing roughly $70 billion in assets.

Defending America from Cartels

White House touts record drop in cartel-inflicted U.S. casualties as military boat strikes pass 200 killed

Senior administration officials say President Trump's lethal military campaign against drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific has produced the steepest decline in cartel-caused American casualties ever recorded, a claim built on 68 strikes that have killed 227 suspected narco-terrorists.

On a press call Tuesday, unnamed White House officials laid out the numbers behind what they described as the first time a president has directed sustained military force specifically to defend the homeland from cartel networks.

The Department of War executed the strategy, officials said, and U.S. Southern Command carried out the strikes, including a recent hit on a go-fast boat along a known Caribbean trafficking route that killed four suspected smugglers. SOUTHCOM released video of that strike.

The campaign has drawn scrutiny, but the administration is not hedging. Officials framed the results in blunt terms: a 65 percent reduction in illicit maritime activity in the Western Caribbean, a 60 percent drop in the Eastern Caribbean, and a nearly 50 percent decrease across key regions of the Eastern Pacific.

Those figures, if accurate, represent a dramatic shift in the operating environment for seaborne drug networks that have funneled narcotics toward American shores for decades.

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The Policy That Made American Warriors Into Sitting Ducks

Hegseth Just Ended the Policy That Left Soldiers Defenseless for 35 Years

A gunman at Fort Stewart, Georgia opened fire on his fellow soldiers on August 6, 2025 – and every soldier who could stop him was unarmed. Six of them charged toward the gunfire anyway and brought him down with their bodies.

Now Pete Hegseth just signed a memo that changes what happens the next time someone opens fire on a US military installation.

For 35 years, a 1992 Pentagon directive effectively disarmed the U.S. military on its own soil.

Carrying a personal firearm on a U.S. military installation was prohibited. Military police could carry. Soldiers actively training could carry their service weapons. Everyone else – the sergeants, the logistics specialists, the medics going to work every morning – was disarmed the moment they walked through the gate.

Hegseth put it plainly. "Effectively, our bases across the country were gun-free zones," he said Thursday. "Unless you're training, or unless you are a military policeman, you couldn't carry. You couldn't bring your own firearm for your own personal protection onto post."

"Well," he added, "that's no longer."

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House passes three Department spending bills

Seven House Democrats Join Republicans to Approve DHS Funding

On Thursday, the House took a pivotal step toward averting a government shutdown, passing a standalone Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill with unexpected bipartisan support.

The bill passed 220-207, with seven Democrats crossing party lines to vote with Republicans, despite opposition from Democratic leadership over concerns about insufficient oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

A separate package of three spending bills for departments like War, Education, and Health and Human Services passed overwhelmingly at 341-88, with 149 Democrats in favor. Both measures are part of a larger $1.2 trillion funding package aimed at preventing a shutdown by Jan. 30, marking a significant legislative push as the deadline looms.

Yet, the DHS bill's passage has ignited fierce debate over immigration enforcement policies and the balance of power in federal funding. Critics on the left argue it lacks teeth to curb ICE operations, while supporters see it as a return to fiscal responsibility.

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Breaking Down the House Vote Dynamics