Senator Mark Kelly is set to see his retirement rank and pay cut after making “seditious statements” in a video, featuring several other lawmakers, that told troops they “can and must refuse illegal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Sen. Mark Kelly will face a reduction in grade and retirement pay for participating in a ...

Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, will have his military retirement pay cut as part of a disciplinary action over a video he made that told service members they have the right to refuse to execute ...

The Arizona senator called Hegseth’s actions “un-American," “outrageous” and “wrong" Tasos Katopodis/Getty; ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty On Nov. 18, Sen. Mark Kelly (Ariz.) and five ...

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) filed a lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday over efforts to censure the senator and lower his retirement rank after he participated in a video calling on ...

In early January 2026, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the Department of Defense had issued a formal censure letter to Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, and initiated an administrative ...

Senator Mark Kelly is set to see his retirement rank and pay cut after making “seditious statements” in a video, featuring several other lawmakers, that told troops they “can and must refuse illegal ...