Courtney Kube
Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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Latest from Courtney Kube
Hegseth trying to show Trump he's a fighter amid chaos in Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been focusing more on public and television appearances so he can speak directly to President Trump through the appearances.
Info Hegseth shared with wife and brother came from top general's secure messages
Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News
Pete Hegseth shared information ahead of Yemen strikes in a Signal chat with wife and brother
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.
Service members killed in border crash were California-based U.S. Marines
Two men killed last week during a border security mission in New Mexico were identified as Lance Cpl. Albert Aguilera, 22, and Lance Cpl. Marcelino Gamino, 28.
The Pentagon is working to make Trump’s vision of a U.S. 'Iron Dome' a reality
Pentagon officials will soon brief Trump on options for him to fulfill his pledge to protect the U.S. with something modeled on Israel’s Iron Dome defense
West Point graduate becomes first woman to complete Army Ranger competition
For the first time in Army history, a female service member completed the grueling Best Ranger Competition.
2 U.S. service members assigned to U.S.-Mexico border duty killed in N.M. vehicle crash
Two service members were killed and a third was in "serious" condition after the vehicle they were in crashed near the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico, military officials said Tuesday.
Pete Hegseth senior adviser is pushing for Pentagon to cut ties with Scouting America
Critics like the adviser, a former Fox News producer, say the group formerly known as the Boy Scouts is too woke. No decision has been made.
Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels
The administration is looking at possible strikes against the cartels as it gears up for a major campaign against gangs trafficking narcotics over the border
Pentagon considering proposal to cut thousands of troops from Europe, officials say
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.
National Security Agency chief and deputy director dismissed
Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh was both the head of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the NSA since February 2024.
