WASHINGTON — An aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth published an op-ed Sunday in which he was highly critical of his former boss and suggested that President Donald Trump might soon remove him after weeks of turmoil, including leaked texts about air…

Hegseth used his personal phone to send information regarding U.S. military operations in Yemen to a Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, two sources told NBC News.

Pentagon officials are considering a plan to withdraw as many as 10,000 troops from Eastern Europe, according to six U.S. and European officials.