With new directives, Trump’s Pentagon chief zeroes in on admission to the nation’s service academies and purging “divisive” ...

Military academies must pursue merit, not affirmative action in admissions, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered military academies to consider only merit during the admissions process, another blow to DEI.

Trump appointee writes that selecting anyone "but the best" for admission to the academies erodes "warfightiing readiness." ...

Hegseth directed schools to rank applicants by an aggregate score factoring in athletic ability and past military experience, ...

Since entering office, Hegseth has continually targeted areas of the military that take race and gender into account ... encouraged leaders to abandon the policies on their own before a Pentagon ...

When Phil Perlmutter objected to something I’d written, he was quick to tell me. The phone would ring, and when I answered it ...

The move is the latest denunciation by the Trump administration against anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review ... and access to programs without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, genetic ...