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Hegseth denies China’s claim that Golden Dome is ‘offensive’: ‘Protecting the homeland’

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied China’s claim the Golden Dome would turn space into a «war zone.»
«All we care about is protecting the homeland,» Hegseth told Fox News Digital while departing from a trip to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
President Donald Trump has said for a long time defense of the homeland is critical to his «America First» policy, and the Golden Dome is a generational investment.
Chinese Foreign Minister Mao Ning claimed this week the Golden Dome has a «strong offensive nature and violates the principle of peaceful use in the Outer Space Treaty.»
CHINA ACCUSES US OF ‘TURNING SPACE INTO A WARZONE’ WITH TRUMP’S GOLDEN DOME MISSILE DEFENSE PROJECT
«The project will heighten the risk of turning space into a war zone and creating a space arms race and shake the international security and arms control system,» Mao said. «We urge the U.S. to give up developing and deploying global anti-missile system.»
Trump, alongside Hegseth, released some details about the project earlier in the week, explaining there’s an ambitious plan to complete the missile defense shield in three years for $125 billion.
Hegseth also responded to pushback over his decision to kick off a monthly Christian prayer service at the Pentagon, which sparked a debate over religious freedom and the separation of church and state.
«Appealing to heaven, to God, is a longstanding tradition in our military,» Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said of his monthly Pentagon prayer service. (Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/Navy)
«We’ve said it very publicly, and we’ve said it very proudly. Appealing to heaven, to God, is a longstanding tradition in our military,» Hegseth said, adding that George Washington got on bended knee alongside his continental Army forces.
«I appeal to Jesus Christ for that protection, to speak that word and be open and willing to talk about it at the Pentagon. If they want to criticize that, they’re on the wrong side,» he said.
His remarks came after he addressed the 82nd Airborne Division of Army paratroopers during «All-American Week.»
There, he celebrated the name change of the North Carolina base from Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as he makes an announcement with President Donald Trump regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 20, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
«It is Fort Bragg again,» Hegseth said to cheers from the crowd.
«Nothing wrong with Fort Liberty. Give me liberty or give me death. I love it,» Hegseth said. «But give me Fort Bragg every day of the week.»
He also addressed critics who said he didn’t have the strategic experience to serve as secretary of defense, and took a shot at the media.
«Our friends in the fake news media are here,» Hegseth said. «Some of them said, ‘Critics might say you can’t choose an Army major to be the secretary of defense. It has to be, well, one of our many distinguished generals or congressmen or business leaders or corporate leaders.’
TRUMP, HEGSETH ANNOUNCE ‘GOLDEN DOME,’ A ‘GAME CHANGER’ TO PROTECT AMERICAN HOMELAND
«One of the critiques was we need somebody that can think strategically, big picture. We can’t have a guy who thinks like the troops, to which I say ‘Hell, yeah, we can have a guy that thinks like the troops.’»
He told a crowd of Army paratroopers, «I’ve been in that formation, loosening my knees, taking a deep breath, gazing over the horizon, sweating and wondering what time it is, but I can’t move my arm. I’ve been in your boots — not yours. The 101st is not the 82nd. I’ll admit that on a day like today. Not quite your boots or your beret, but close.»

Paratroopers perform a pass in review drill while Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits. (Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/Navy)
Hegseth announced an increase in jump pay for paratroopers to more cheers from the crowd.
Hazardous duty incentive pay, known as «jump pay» for Army troopers who jump out of airplanes, will increase from $150 a month to $200.
Jump masters, the senior paratroopers who train and lead jump operations, will see their pay increase from $150 to $300.
«Here’s to our paratroopers, our jumpmasters, who do the difficult things in difficult places that most Americans can never imagine,» Hegseth said.
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Since 2006, the Army has maintained 56,756 paid parachutist positions, according to Gen. Gregory Anderson, head of the 18th Airborne Corps. That number will decrease by 20,000, allowing for the increase in pay for those who do maintain their jump status.
Limited aircraft ability and resources has meant a «degradation in proficiency,» Anderson told reporters. «The goal has to be really good quality over quantity.»
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Denmark considers triggering NATO Article 4 after drones fly over airports

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Denmark is considering triggering NATO Article 4 after the country was forced to close Aalborg Airport after drones were spotted for a second time this week.
Denmark reached out to NATO and the European Union in the wake of the threat, according to Euronews.
Copenhagen was reportedly considering whether to invoke NATO’s Article 4, which would trigger a meeting for members of the alliance. Neither NATO nor Secretary-General Mark Rutte have made public statements on the matter.
Danish Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen vowed in a joint statement that Denmark would «find the people who are behind this,» according to Euronews.
RUSSIA SHIFTS FROM TALK TO ACTION, TARGETING NATO HOMELAND AMID FEARS OF GLOBAL WAR
People walk at Aalborg Airport in Denmark, on Sept. 25, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix/Bo Amstrup/via Reuters)
«We have various military capabilities that can help defend Denmark, F-35 and our frigates,» he said.
Smaller airports in the country allegedly also saw drone activity but were not impacted as a result, the BBC reported.
Danish authorities said the drone incident was a «hybrid attack» that came from a «professional actor,» according to the BBC. The outlet said authorities specified that the drones were launched locally and did not come from Russia.
NATO WARNS RUSSIA AFTER POLAND SHOOTS DOWN ‘HUGE NUMBER’ OF DRONES THAT VIOLATED ITS AIRSPACE

A light moves in the sky over Aalborg, Denmark, on Sept. 24, 2025, amid reports of drone sightings that led to the city’s airport being closed. (Morten Skov/@MSchieller69609/via Reuters)
On Monday, a similar drone incident impacted Copenhagen Airport. Unlike the incident at Aalborg, some suspected Russia could have been the culprit behind the attack.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said it was «the most serious attack on Danish critical infrastructure to date,» according to reports. She added that the country was «not ruling out any options in relation to who is behind it,» Reuters reported.

Danish police officers stand guard after traffic was stopped at the Copenhagen Airport due to drone reports on Sept. 22, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix/Steven Knap via Reuters)
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«The drones that halted flights at Copenhagen Airport were part of a pattern of persistent contestation at our borders,» European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, Euronews reported.
The airport in Oslo, Norway, was also shut down on Monday evening for three hours due to possible threats from drone activity, according to Euronews.
Fox News Digital reached out to NATO for comment.
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Harris literally threw ‘JOE BIDEN WON’ talking points on table after disastrous debate: ‘Are you kidding me?’

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Kamala Harris, when she was serving as vice president, rejected the Biden campaign’s pressure to celebrate the then-president as the winner of his disastrous debate against Donald Trump, saying she didn’t want to be fed «bulsh–t,» she reported in her new memoir.
«‘JOE BIDEN WON»—all caps, highlighted. ‘He fought through his cold as he is fighting for the American people,’» a sheet of paper containing favorable talking points after then-President Joe Biden’s poor performance on the debate stage, according to Harris’ latest memoir, «107 Days.»
Biden’s poor debate performance against Trump in June 2024 served as the death knell to the campaign that already was coping with mounting public concern that Biden’s mental acuity had cratered and he was unable to serve a second term. Despite the abject failure of a debate performance, Biden’s campaign wanted Harris to deliver favorable assessments of the debate to the American people, according to her book.
«Are you kidding me?» she said ran through her mind as she read the sheet of paper declaring Biden the winner of the night.
KAMALA HARRIS REVEALS WHAT BIDEN TOLD HER JUST BEFORE CRUCIAL DEBATE WITH TRUMP THAT LEFT HER ‘ANGRY’
Kamala Harris reveals in her new memoir how she rejected campaign talking points claiming Biden won his disastrous debate performance against Trump in 2024. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
She threw the paper back on the table before fielding a call from Biden’s team outlining she was expected to say more of the same as the talking points when joining media interviews.
«No. Don’t feed me bulls–t. Everyone saw what they saw,» Harris continued in the book of what she thought during the call.
The then-vice president said the disastrous debate was littered with Biden missing opportunities to attack Trump, stumbling over his words and losing his train of thought.
KAMALA HARRIS HAD PROFANE MESSAGE FOR GOVERNORS UNEASY ABOUT SUPPORTING BIDEN
«Trump, meanwhile, was using his words like a weapon, but shooting before he aimed, spouting lies, unburdened by the truth,» she wrote. «Biden, striving for accuracy, often stopped midsentence to correct himself, which left him sounding hesitant and garbled. I knew the important policy points he was struggling to convey, and I knew he knew them. He is a master of this material, but that was not coming across at all.»

Former President Biden’s debate against Donald Trump in 2024 opened the floodgates to criticisms over his mental acuity. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The Biden campaign suffered a devastating gut punch when Biden delivered a bizarre line on Medicare.
«And then, at the end of a string of convoluted sentences in which he twice confused millions and billions, Joe lost his train of thought entirely, looked disoriented, and blurted out, ‘We finally beat Medicare,’» Harris wrote in her scathing critique of the debate.
«Trump’s reply: ‘Well, he’s right. He did beat Medicare. He beat it to death,’» Harris continued.
FLASHBACK: THE DEBATE NIGHT AGAINST TRUMP THAT THREW BIDEN’S REELECTION CAMPAIGN INTO A FREE FALL
The former vice president described that campaign staffers were tracking reactions to the debate online, with the vast majority describing Biden’s performance as «disaster,» «train wreck» and «embarrassment,» she wrote.
Harris’ husband, attorney Doug Emhoff, faced his own outrage over Biden’s debate performance when left-wing Hollywood director Rob Reiner «screamed» at him during a watch party that democracy was about to be squandered over Biden’s performance.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, California, on April 30, 2025. (Camille Cohen/AFP via Getty Images)
«Doug, at a watch party with Hollywood donors, was getting an earful. Rob Reiner had screamed at him: ‘We’re going to lose our f—ing democracy and it’s your fault!’» Harris wrote.
As Harris prepared to join CNN in a post-debate interview that was all but guaranteed to focus on Biden’s disastrous performance, she reflected on a joke about a cheating husband, she wrote.
ONE YEAR LATER: HOW JOE BIDEN’S DISASTROUS DEBATE PERFORMANCE FORCED HIS MEDIA ALLIES TO TURN ON HIM
«I couldn’t help but think of the Richard Pryor joke where his wife catches him in bed with another woman. ‘You gonna believe me or your lyin’ eyes?’ he says,» Harris wrote.
Harris said she would not tell voters «that their eyes had lied,» and instead pivoted her talking points to «Trump’s numerous lies.»

President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump are greeted by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, upon their arrival at the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)
«Listen, people can debate on style points, but ultimately this election and who is the president of the United States has to be about substance,» she told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in the post-debate interview. «Donald Trump lied over and over and over again, as he is wont to do. He would not disavow what happened on January 6. He would not give a clear answer on whether he would stand by the election results this November. He went back and forth about where he stands on one of the most critical issues of freedom in America, which is the right of women to make decisions about their own body.»
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Biden’s office declined comment when approached by Fox News Digital Tuesday morning.
Harris’ «107 Days» hit bookshelves Tuesday and recounts the days of her truncated presidential campaign after Biden dropped out of the race July 21, 2024.
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