Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump announced that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the upcoming firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. The decision comes after the initial plan drew bipartisan criticism from lawmakers, alongside a statement from Vice President JD Vance indicating that he would not watch the broadcast.

The reversal marks a retreat from the administration's initial proposal to publicly stream the execution of Hasan, who was convicted for the 2009 mass shooting at the Texas military base. The scrapped plan had quickly generated significant political fallout and negative reaction across the political spectrum before the administration abandoned the broadcast.