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Hegseth directs military service academies to immediately stop giving tenure to civilian professors

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo Tuesday directing institutions like the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy in Annapolis to immediately stop granting tenure to civilian faculty, in Hegseth’s latest change to military higher education. “Tenure often leads to academic stagnation, faculty complacency, and institutional inability to adapt to emerging needs,”…

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The story behind the first CIA officers in Afghanistan after 9/11 and the Russian chopper that flew them in

Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan carrying the first CIA officers sent into the country after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, marking the opening move in the U.S. response that would soon become America’s longest war.  The seven-man CIA team, code-named JAWBREAKER, landed in the Panjshir Valley on Sept….

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Transcript: Border czar Tom Homan on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” July 19, 2026

The following is the transcript of an interview with Tom Homan, Trump administration border czar, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on July 19, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: And we’re back with President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan. Welcome back to Face the Nation. TOM HOMAN: Thanks for having me. MARGARET BRENNAN: Mr….

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