2026-10-05
President Trump and the Pentagon have approved the execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan by firing squad. Hasan carried out the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, killing 13 people. The execution would be the first military execution carried out by the U.S. military justice system in several decades (reported variously as since World War Two or since 1961).
All outlets report the same core facts: Trump's approval of a firing squad execution for Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, and the historic nature of the execution method. Left and center outlets use largely neutral, procedural language, focusing on the Pentagon's announcement and historical context of military executions. Right-leaning outlets, particularly The Daily Wire and Fox News, use more charged language describing Hasan as a 'terrorist' and emphasizing the religious/ideological dimension ('Muslim Terrorist'), and refer to the shooting as a 'massacre.' Center outlets add detail on casualty numbers and historical precedent without strong evaluative language.
Left outlets report the execution approval as a straightforward news development, emphasizing the Pentagon's role and factual details about Hasan's crime and sentence.
The Trump administration has approved a plan to execute former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan — who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood — by firing squad, the Pentagon said.
The Pentagon said that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who carried out the deadliest mass shooting at an American military base, would be executed by firing squad.
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