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

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, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military service academies to no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for ...

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

Defense Department schools for service members’ children are removing books the Trump administration says focus on diversity, ...

Hegseth argued that merit-based admissions ... education admissions in a landmark ruling which struck down affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.

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

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem decided there was "redundant executive oversight" in the Coast Guard's structure, ...

A year later, the court declined to take up a separate case related directly to affirmative action at the academies. Since entering office, Hegseth has continually targeted areas of the military ...