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EPISODE · Sep 2, 2026 · 11 MIN

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

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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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