On the night of Feb. 25, 2023, outside Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, Blaise Taylor was answering police questions about how a date turned into a medical emergency. BLAISE TAYLOR (police bodycam): We were together having a date night. Authorities wanted to know what happened to 24-year-old Jade Benning, who had been rushed to…
Washington — President Trump said Thursday that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be streamed, a decision that comes after his administration faced significant backlash over the Pentagon’s initial plan to allow the American people to watch Hasan’s death by firing squad. “I think streaming the execution for all to see…
Trump administration officials are leaning against livestreaming the execution of the ex-Army major convicted of the killing of 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, sources familiar with the discussions said. Last week, the Pentagon had said that the public would be able to view the execution live. President Trump had not yet made a…
House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked by CBS News chief Washington analyst Robert Costa about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to live stream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Speaker Johnson, joining with other prominent Republicans, is against that idea. Source link
The archbishop for the U.S. military says any Catholic service members who are assigned to participate in the livestreamed firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan should ask to be excused — the latest pushback against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio released a statement Monday to “express my disapproval of…
Washington — A growing number of Republicans are voicing concern over the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter in December — or at the very least, saying they won’t be watching. Over the weekend, President Trump said the administration was still making a determination about whether the firing-squad execution would…
Washington — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Sunday defended the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of an ex-Army major who was convicted of the 2009 killing of 13 people at Fort Hood, while saying that he doesn’t see an “elevated risk” to U.S. security amid criticism. “I think people need to…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming Democratic New Hampshire Senate candidate Rep. Chris Pappas Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer of Palantir Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026…
The following is the transcript of the interview with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 11, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: Good morning, and welcome to Face the Nation. We’ve got a lot of politics ahead, but we want to start with a quick update on the…
Pope Leo XIV declared that capital punishment is “inadmissible” as the United States plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. The American pope, in a post on X marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by his predecessor, Pope Francis. The Catholic teaching…
