Pentagon leaders have stepped in to stop a drag show at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada that was scheduled for Thursday, say two defense officials and a U.S. official.

On Wednesday, NBC News reported that Pentagon leaders canceled a drag show in celebration of Pride Month at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday.

A day before the Pentagon celebrated the June 1 start of Pride Month, top defense leaders were quietly enforcing a militarywide ban on drag performances. The move became public after Defense ...

After NBC News reported that the Pentagon directed Nellis base leadership to cancel or move the drag show, Daines wrote another letter Tuesday asking for clarification of the Pentagon’s policy ...

The Pentagon’s move to cancel the show this week led the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for LGBTQ+ civil rights, to directly criticize Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

WASHINGTON — Pentagon leaders laid out new details Thursday about military tactics and explosives to bolster their argument that U.S. attacks had destroyed key Iranian nuclear facilities, but ...

The Pentagon informed Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base that a previously approved drag show slated to take place on the base on the first day of Pride Month could not take place because it was not ...

Less than a month ago, for example, Hegseth’s Pentagon fired the commander of a base in Greenland, after she refuted remarks from Vice President JD Vance.Days earlier, Hegseth also ousted U.S ...

General Stanley McChrystal was the top commander of American and international forces in Afghanistan in 2009 when his career was cut short. McChrystal resigned after an article in Rolling Stone ...

The Pentagon's move to cancel the show this week led the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for LGBTQ+ civil rights, to directly criticize Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to cancel a program that promoted the participation of women in national security, claiming the initiative is “woke,” “divisive” and distracts troops.

The Department of Defense has canceled a drag show at one of its bases, joining the likes of Target in bending to the right’s anti–Pride Month backlash. Skip to main content Open Navigation Menu ...