Pete Hegseth

Pete Hegseth Awards Medal to Soldier Who Publicly Reprimanded Him at Arlington National Cemetery After Veterans Day Controversy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded a prestigious military decoration Thursday to the Army soldier who publicly reprimanded him and members of his entourage for talking and laughing near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at

Pentagon’s Story Unravels: Admiral Says Drug Boat Survivors Never Called for Backup Before U.S. Military Killed Them WASHINGTON, D.C. — A senior U.S. Navy admiral’s testimony to Congress has undermined a central justification previously offered by Pentagon officials for a controversial American military strike that killed two shipwrecked survivors in the Caribbean Sea. The revelation has

Democrats Miss Critical Pete Hegseth Impeachment Vote as AIPAC Linked Political Fundraiser Sparks Backlash WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eleven House Democrats failed to participate in a crucial vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, November 10, allowing Republicans to sideline an impeachment effort by a narrow 211–204 margin and triggering fierce criticism of Democratic

Trump White House Threatens Democratic Investigators With Criminal Prosecution as Senior DOJ Officials Resign Following Midterm Defeat WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s administration is heading toward a potentially historic constitutional confrontation with Congress following the November 2026 midterm elections, as White House lawyers warn incoming Democratic investigators that their oversight activities could cross into

Pete Hegseth and Senior Pentagon Staff Scolded by Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Guard for Laughing During Veterans Day Visit Army Sentinel Interrupts Defense Secretary’s Entourage at Arlington National Cemetery, Ordering Officials to Maintain Silence and Respect as Pentagon Acknowledges the Soldier Was Right ARLINGTON, Va. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and members of his

House Republicans Block Pete Hegseth Impeachment in 211–204 Vote as Democrats Prepare New Investigations Republicans rally behind Trump’s embattled defense secretary, blocking eight articles of impeachment involving the Iran war, military strikes, and allegations of abuse of power. But with Democrats preparing to take control of Congress, Hegseth’s political and legal troubles may be far

Pete Hegseth Faces Impeachment as Republicans Turn on Pentagon Chief After Midterm Election Disaster Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing a renewed impeachment effort led by a Republican congressman as the political fallout from the war in Iran intensifies following the GOP’s devastating 2026 midterm election losses. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky is preparing to

SNL Savages Republican Midterm Panic as Trump, Rubio, Hegseth and McConnell Try to Save the GOP ‘Saturday Night Live’ Imagines a Republican Campaign Operation So Desperate That Trump Offers Voters $5,000, Rubio Turns on Him in Spanish and Pete Hegseth Breaks Into Anti-Woke Slam Poetry NEW YORK — Saturday Night Live opened its October 3

Putin Rattles the Nuclear Saber Again as Kaliningrad Becomes a Dangerous NATO Russia Flashpoint Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again invoking the possibility of nuclear war, warning that Moscow could put “all weapons” in its arsenal on the table if Russia’s heavily militarized Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad comes under direct attack. The warning, delivered

The Daily Show Targets Pete Hegseth’s “No Weirdos” Military Overhaul Then Points to the “Weirdos” Running His Future Warfare Project Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants a military without “fatties,” “beardos,” “weirdos” or “wimps.” But when the Pentagon needed people to imagine the future of American warfare, Hegseth turned to a billionaire rocket entrepreneur, a Hawaiian-shirt-wearing

Massie Unloads on GOP Leadership in House Floor Speech, Defends Epstein Push and Details Eight Articles of Impeachment Against Hegseth Rep. Thomas Massie used an extraordinary hour long House floor speech to answer Speaker Mike Johnson’s accusation that he was not “participating as a full member of Congress,” turning the criticism back on Republican leadership

U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers After Ballistic Missile Attack on Navy Warships as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Escalates U.S. forces struck three Iranian crude oil carriers after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships, marking a major escalation in the increasingly dangerous military confrontation surrounding the Strait of Hormuz

U.S. Bomb Linked to Deadly Strike on Iranian Wedding as Pentagon Faces New Questions Over Civilian Casualties A U.S. made bomb appears to have directly struck a residential building hosting a wedding celebration in southern Iran, killing civilians and wounding dozens more, according to visual investigations by The New York Times and Reuters that are

Hegseth 2028? Defense Secretary Denies Presidential Ambitions as His Political Profile Grows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is publicly denying that he is considering a run for president in 2028, but a series of increasingly political appearances, reported private conversations and his growing popularity with parts of President Donald Trump’s MAGA coalition are fueling speculation that

Seth Meyers’ Iran War Supercut Shows How Trump’s Promises Collided With Six Months of War, Higher Energy Costs and a Strait of Hormuz Crisis Seth Meyers has spent much of 2026 doing what late night comedy does best when politics becomes almost impossible to parody: replaying what politicians actually said and placing those statements next

The Age of the Coward: America’s Toughest Talking Men Have Built a Culture Terrified of Accountability There is something deeply strange happening to the American definition of strength. The country is surrounded by powerful men constantly telling everyone how tough they are. Donald Trump built an entire political movement around dominance. Pete Hegseth has made

Federal Judge Rules Trump Pentagon Illegally Retaliated Against Anthropic After AI Company Refused to Enable Autonomous Weapons and Mass Surveillance A federal judge has handed the Trump administration a major defeat in its escalating confrontation with Anthropic, ruling that the Pentagon unlawfully retaliated against the artificial intelligence company after it refused to remove safeguards restricting

Pete Hegseth Built His Pentagon Around the “Warrior Ethos.” The USS Abraham Lincoln Is Testing What That Really Means. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has spent his tenure at the Pentagon selling a straightforward vision of the American military: fewer ideological distractions, higher standards, tougher troops and an unapologetic return to what he calls the “warrior

Tucker Carlson Warns America Could Face an “Ugly” Decline if the Country Loses Its Shared Identity Carlson and Shawn Ryan Debate What Happens When Great Powers Fall and Whether America Still Has the Social Cohesion Needed to Survive a National Crisis In a wide ranging conversation about American power, social cohesion and the historical collapse

Families Sound Alarm Over Conditions Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln as Deployment Stretches Into Ninth Month Sailors and Marines are reportedly facing exhaustion, food and supply shortages, broken sanitation systems and months without meaningful time ashore as families question how long the carrier can safely sustain its Middle East combat mission Families of sailors and Marines