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A U.S. military prisoner convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre is set to be executed by firing squad, a rare punishment that would mark the first such military execution since World War Two. The case has reopened scrutiny of one of the deadliest attacks ever on an American base and the military justice system’s most severe penalty.
The Pentagon said President Donald Trump has approved the execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, the convicted Fort Hood shooter, by firing squad, a rare and legally consequential step in a case that has lingered for years. Hasan was sentenced to death after a court-martial found him guilty of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in the 2009 attack at an Army base in Texas.
The Pentagon said President Donald Trump has approved the execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, the convicted Fort Hood gunman who was sentenced to death after killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in the 2009 attack at the Texas base. The decision revives one of the most notorious mass-casualty cases in U.S. military history and sets up a rare and legally complex capital punishment process within the armed forces.
Christians in Gaza are mourning the deaths of a mother and daughter killed in an Israeli strike, a loss that has deepened grief inside one of the enclave’s smallest and most vulnerable communities. The incident comes amid continuing Israeli bombardment, with health officials saying another strike killed five people, including four women, as the war’s civilian toll remains severe.
McKinsey is warning that artificial intelligence could force roughly 11 million U.S. workers into new careers by 2035, underscoring the scale of disruption ahead even as the firm argues the technology will ultimately generate more jobs than it eliminates. The forecast adds to a growing debate on Wall Street and in corporate America over whether AI is a productivity engine, a labor shock, or both at once.
A survivor of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting has said he believes the gunman’s execution by firing squad would fit the crime, while expressing unease about whether the public should be allowed to watch it. The remarks, made to the BBC, add a rare victim-centered perspective to an already charged debate over capital punishment, spectacle, and state transparency in the United States.
The Pentagon says the execution of the Fort Hood attacker by firing squad will be made available for public viewing, a striking move that immediately intensifies scrutiny of the case and the government’s handling of capital punishment. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that authorities would ensure people are able to watch the execution, underscoring the administration’s intent to make the event highly visible.
Seventy-two retired U.S. military officers have called on the Pentagon to cancel plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, warning that broadcasting the killing would damage the armed forces’ honor and undermine the nation’s moral standing. In a sharply worded letter, the former officers framed the issue as one of military professionalism, public decency, and the limits of state spectacle.
Vice President JD Vance has cast doubt on the prospect of watching a firing-squad execution, saying he would not attend such an event if it proceeds. His remarks come as the planned execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad would mark the first military execution in more than six decades, reviving scrutiny of military justice, capital punishment, and the optics of state-sanctioned killing.
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