Gordon Lubold
Gordon Lubold is a national security reporter for NBC News and has covered national security for more than 15 years in Washington, D.C., and around the globe.
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Gordon Lubold is a national security reporter for NBC News and has covered national security for more than 15 years in Washington, D.C., and around the globe.
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Latest from Gordon Lubold
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.
Former Pete Hegseth aide in op-ed: 'Total chaos at the Pentagon'
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 airstrikes in Yemen and the abrupt firings of top officials.
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
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.
Trump fires at least 3 national security aides following a meeting with far-right activist Laura Loomer
Loomer met with Trump and other top White House officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the meeting told NBC News.
JD Vance's role in Signal chat angers senior Republican lawmakers
Some think Vance tried to block an order from Trump. Others feel he is on the wrong side of a rift between MAGA and GOP internationalists.
U.S. Institute of Peace lays off most staff members
All but a small group of U.S. Institute of Peace employees received formal termination notices Friday evening, effective immediately, current and former employees told NBC News.
Signal isn’t infallible, despite being one of the most secure encrypted chat apps
Signal, the most secure widely available messaging app, has become a go-to resource. Its shortcomings are why its use by Pete Hegseth has rocked politics.
Former national security officials say air strike plans shared with journalist would usually be classified
Former national security officials and Democrats rejected the Trump administration’s assertion that no secrets were disclosed when detailed U.S. air strike plans were inadvertently shared with a journalist on Signal.
