Pete Hegseth’s purge of the U.S. military

洪水冲毁校园前,他救下900人!

Apple News Today

2026-09-02

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NBC national-security reporter Gordon Lubold discusses the U.S. military’s growing leadership vacuum under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. A federal whistleblower says the Postal Service has been secretly working to overhaul mail-in voting to comply with one of President Trump’s executive orders, despite a judge recently blocking it. The Washington Post’s Patrick Marley explains how the system could prevent thousands of Americans from receiving ballots for the midterms. Plus, how around 900 students barely escaped deadly flash floods in Nepal, a judge ruled that the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk will stand trial for murder, Germany is blaming Russia for an attempted airport drone attack, and how an MLB team swung its way to the top of its division.
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  • Good morning.

  • The US Army secretary resigned after reported clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, raising questions about his leadership.

  • A whistleblower at the Postal Service says President Trump's changes to vote by mail could wreak havoc on November's elections.

  • "The person who provided this information said they were very worried there could be this catastrophic failure

  • that would result in many people being unable to vote by mail."

  • And how a principal saved 900 children just minutes before the deadly floods in Nepal swept their school away.

  • It's Wednesday, September 2nd.

  • I'm Gideon Resnick.

  • This is Apple News Today.

  • The US military carried out additional strikes on Iranian targets Tuesday

  • in response to the regime's attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

  • More than six months into the war,

  • the Army has very few top leaders left after a slew of firings and resignations.

  • Which in turn has led to questions about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership at the Pentagon.

  • The latest resignation came from Army Secretary Dan Driscoll,

  • who has had a lot of friction with Hegseth in recent months.

  • "I think they had butt heads over some of those personnel choices.

  • I think they'd butt heads over Army modernization efforts."

  • Gordon Lubold is a national security reporter for NBC News.

  • One of his sources says Driscoll clashed with Hegseth over the direction of the Army.