Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties
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Tue, 11 August 2026
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Two advisers have links to a venture fund co-investing in US defense companies that benefit from federal spending Pete Hegseth ’s appointments to a key Pentagon advisory body include two men with ties to the venture capital fund where Donald Trump Jr is a partner, which has lucrative investments in military and space technology. Defense Policy Board appointee Marc Andreessen’s firm, Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s largest venture capital firms and known by the name “a16z”,...
Wed, 12 August 2026
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Officials monitoring polling sites in Minnesota’s two largest counties, says Trump’s justice department – liveThis live blog is now closed. Progressive Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary in race defined by anti-ICE anger Sign up to the US Breaking News email Pete Hegseth ’s appointments to a key Pentagon advisory body include two men with ties to the venture capital fund where Donald Trump Jr is a partner, which has lucrative investments in military and space technology. Defense Policy Board appointee Marc Andreessen’s firm, Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s largest venture...