Trump cancels Hegseth’s planned livestream for Nidal Hasan execution

By Mallory Wilson, Filip Timotija, and The Hill Oct 15, 2026 | 9:38 AM

President Trump on Wednesday said he was canceling the livestream of the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former U.S. Army major who killed 13 people in the 2009 attack on Fort Hood. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had said the execution would be livestreamed, a decision that had come under substantial criticism, including from GOP […]