The United States will begin testing soldiers' testosterone levels, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced. The tests will be mandatory for "warriors" from age 30, but will also be offered to younger people.
ConflictsThe US will review its troop presence in Europe and again demand that European NATO members invest more in the continent's defense. NATO countries that do not meet that demand will be told, according to Hegseth.
WorldU.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confused the Bible with Tarantino's film "Pulp Fiction" during a church service at the Pentagon, Variety reports.
TV & filmAfter the US military attacked a suspected drug boat on September 2, a follow-up attack was made on the wreck to kill survivors, The Washington Post reports, citing sources.
WorldDonald Trump is now clarifying his statement that the United States will resume nuclear weapons testing. The tests will be carried out "if other countries do it". If they do it, we will do it too, he tells reporters aboard Air Force One.
World politicsA step towards a more authoritarian form of government in the USA – this is how President Donald Trump's and Minister of War Pete Hegseth's speeches to hundreds of hastily summoned American military personnel earlier in the week are being interpreted. The entire American constitution was built to avoid monarchical power, and that is what they are heading towards now, says Magnus Christiansson, lecturer at the Defence University.
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