A federal judge agreed Thursday to block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. U.S.

A senior U.S. district judge on Thursday blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s efforts to punish Senator Mark Kelly. n an exclamatory 29-page opinion, Judge Richard Leon tossed Hegseth’s attempt to censure the retired U.

A federal judge blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday from censuring Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., after he participated in a video directing members of the military not to follow unlawful commands,

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from taking disciplinary action against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.

A federal judge blocked the Pentagon Thursday from docking Sen. Mark Kelly’s rank and reducing his pay as part of a move by War Secretary Pete Hegseth to censure the Arizona Democrat. DC Senior US District Judge Richard J.

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s efforts to censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank in the wake of a video in which the Arizona senator and other Democrats called on service members to reject unlawful orders.