{
  "id": 11037031,
  "title": "Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/hegseth-confirms-plan-to-cut-20-of-us-top-military-brass-and-rails-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T21:20:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/hegseth-military-personnel-cuts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pentagon head hails military with ‘no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals’ in anti-DEI rant Send us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midterms The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has confirmed plans to cut 20% of generals and admirals and declared “no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps” would be tolerated inside the country’s…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Pete Hegseth boasts about reshaping military while U.S. is at war with Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/pete-hegseth-boasts-about-reshaping-military-while-u-s-is-at-war-with",
        "published": "2026-09-30T23:52:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}