2 Navy ships named for Black icons with SC ties could be renamed. Another looks to be in the clear. Staff report Jun 5, 2025 ...

Dustin Lance Black and Sean Penn, who won Academy Awards for writing and starring in the 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk, are speaking out on orders from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to remove ...

Dustin Lance Black, Sean Penn Hit Back as Navy Ship Is Stripped of Harvey Milk’s Name: “These Guys Are Idiots” (Exclusive) "He's an icon. Renaming a ship isn't going to change that," the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Secretary of the Navy to rename a naval ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk, according to a defense official. Abby Phillip asks the NewsNight table ...

Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) conducts a replenishment at sea with the aircraft ...

Hegseth said that he would be renaming the USNS Harvey Milk in honor of Chief Watertender Oscar V. Peterson. Peterson heroically sacrificed his life while his ship, the USS Neosho, was under ...