Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the secretary of the Navy to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk, according to a defense official.

Stripping the USNS Harvey Milk of its namesake — during Pride Month — is the Trump administration's way of sending a very specific message.

There is a list of other possible name changes of ships named after prominent women and civil rights leaders, a U.S. official ...

The Navy may rename the USNS Harvey Milk, named for the 1970s gay civil rights activist, at the direction of Defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used the start of Pride Month to announce he has ordered an oil ship named after ...

House Democrats are introducing a bill that would block the U.S. Navy from renaming the USNS Harvey Milk and other ships ...

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Wednesday questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his decision to choose Pride Month as the time to direct the Navy to rename a ship named for gay rights activist ...

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), both recently grilled Navy Secretary John Phelan and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, respectively, over ...

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man to hold elected office in California (he was later assassinated) and had earlier ...

The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.

U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, a Democrat and the first openly gay member of Congress from Illinois, delivered strong criticism of ...

USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) underway in San Francisco Bay, California (USA),28 March 2024 In a quiet but deeply striking move, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the renaming of USNS ...