Pete Hegseth

• Sen. Mark Kelly clashes with Hegseth over Pentagon’s investigation into him - The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that it was "escalating" its review into Kelly.
• New Patriot Interceptors To Allow For “Over-The-Shoulder” Shots At Passing Targets - New vertical launchers will also help change how Patriot can engage threats, including ones that slip by overhead.
• Admiral hands over leadership of command overseeing the Trump administration's boat strikes - A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America handed off command responsibilities Friday as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration's deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region. Adm. Alvin Holsey ha
• House is voting on a defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases - The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an overhaul of how the Department of Defense buys weapons. The bill's passage comes at
• Congressional lawmakers hear from Navy admiral overseeing boat strikes - The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela spoke to key lawmakers Tuesday as Congress seeks more answers on President Donald Trump's mission, which, in
• Pete Hegseth Is Ordering Executions at Sea - Did Pete Hegseth break the law after authorizing Venezuelan boat strikes? The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that there are multiple reasons the strikes were legally dubious.
• Pentagon inspector general completes ‘Signalgate' investigation - The Defense Department's inspector general has finished a review of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal app during planning for U.S. strikes in Yemen and delivered the final report to him on Tuesday. A redacted, unclassified
• Pete Hegseth says he would not trust Stephen Miller to babysit his children - Pete Hegseth’s appearance on the podcast comes after he spent days battling criticism over his order to ‘kill everybody’ on board boats allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela
• Doodling, drowsiness and a conspicuous misspelling highlight Trump's last Cabinet meeting of 2025 - With Tuesday's White House Cabinet meeting chugging past the two-hour mark, President Donald Trump 's eyes fluttered and closed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was lucky enough to speak early, but the title on his nameplate was misspelled.
• The defense secretary’s placard had an unfortunate misspelling. - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth drew ridicule for a disastrous typo on his namecard during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. Hegseth’s placard labeled his role in the administration as the “SSecretary of War” at the meeting, where he doubled down o