Pete Hegseth leaned in toward the camera. Since the early days of his tenure as secretary of defense, the former Fox News host had been posting clips on social media for the public. But this time, with an amber glow illuminating the American flag in the background, he spoke directly to those under his command […]
Ashley Merryman
Ashley Merryman is an attorney and science journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Time, The Washington Post, and US News & World Report. The co-author of two New York Times bestsellers, “NurtureShock” and “Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing,” she formerly served in the Pentagon as a special advisor and then was a senior non-resident fellow for the Joint Special Operations University.

