Pete Hegseth

Iran War Enters Costly New Phase as U.S. Missile Defenses Face Sustained Pressure What began as a rapid, overwhelming U.S. military campaign against Iran is evolving into a longer and more complex conflict, one that is testing American air-defense inventories, regional stability, and global energy markets. New reporting based on analysis originally published by Bloomberg

Boots on the Ground in Iran? As Pete Hegseth Faces Scrutiny Over $93 Billion Pentagon Spending Surge As the United States edges closer to a deeper military confrontation with Iran, a separate controversy is exploding in Washington: massive Pentagon spending under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that critics say reflects systemic dysfunction, and potentially dangerous priorities,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Defends Iran War Strategy in High-Stakes “60 Minutes” Interview As the United States’ military conflict with Iran intensifies, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered the clearest public explanation yet of the Trump administration’s war strategy during a high-profile interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes. Speaking with correspondent Major Garrett, Hegseth defended the U.S.

SNL Mocks Trump’s Iran War and Cabinet Chaos in Explosive Cold Open As the United States edges deeper into a volatile war with Iran, Saturday Night Live did what it has done for nearly five decades: take Washington’s most serious moments and hold them up to a brutal comedic mirror. The latest episode opened with

Trump Says U.S. Must Help Choose Iran’s Next Leader as War Escalates Across the Middle East WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the United States should play a direct role in determining who leads Iran next, a statement that underscores the extraordinary geopolitical stakes unfolding as the conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran intensifies

Anthropic Pentagon AI Clash Explodes as CEO Refuses to Drop Military “Red Lines” One of America’s most powerful artificial intelligence companies is now locked in a high-stakes confrontation with the U.S. government, a dispute that cuts to the heart of how AI will be used in future wars. In an exclusive interview with CBS News,

Hegseth: “We Have Only Just Begun” U.S. Expands War With Iran as Senate Backs Trump’s Military Campaign The U.S. military campaign against Iran is widening rapidly, and according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the conflict is only entering its early phase. At a Pentagon briefing, Hegseth declared the United States is winning the war so

Anthropic Faces Pentagon Showdown as Pete Hegseth Threatens Contract Termination Over AI Guardrails WASHINGTON — A high stakes standoff is unfolding between one of America’s leading artificial intelligence firms and the Pentagon, raising urgent questions about who controls the ethical boundaries of military AI. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a

Rubio and Hegseth Lay Out Three-Phase U.S. Plan for Venezuela After Maduro Capture Washington moved quickly this week to define what comes next after the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the message from the Trump administration is clear: this is not a smash-and-leave operation. In a closed-door briefing followed by

Hegseth Moves to Censure Sen. Mark Kelly and Review His Military Rank and Pay Over “Seditious” Video Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has escalated a confrontation with Mark Kelly, announcing plans to issue a formal censure letter and to review the Arizona senator’s retired Navy rank and pension following a viral video in which Kelly and

Inside the U.S. Raid That Captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas WASHINGTON — After months of escalating military pressure, the United States executed a highly coordinated overnight operation in Caracas that culminated in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, marking one of the most audacious U.S. special operations missions in

A $620 Million Pentagon Loan, the President’s Son, and the Money Trail Washington Doesn’t Want Scrutinized “It’s not just the size of the loan, it’s how quietly it appeared, who it benefits, and how little accountability comes with it.” In November 2025, a startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm quietly secured a

Trump Orders U.S. Military Strikes on ISIS Targets in Nigeria on Christmas President Donald Trump said Thursday that he ordered “numerous” U.S. military strikes against Islamic State militants operating in northwest Nigeria, framing the action as a response to violence against Christian communities and marking a rare direct U.S. combat operation in the West African

Worse Than We Thought: At Least Five People Survived the Initial Caribbean Boat Strikes The Pentagon’s controversial campaign of lethal strikes on alleged drug-running vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific is facing a new level of scrutiny, and for good reason. Newly confirmed details show that at least five people survived the initial explosions

SNL Returns Firing on All Cylinders: Weekend Update Shreds Trump’s Fake FIFA Peace Prize as Hegseth War Scandal Takes Center Stage SNL’s December 7, 2025 return after the Thanksgiving break landed like a sledgehammer. The episode combined hard-edged political satire with absurd physical comedy, delivering one of the sharpest broadcasts of the season. The show

Lawmakers React With Shock and Division After Viewing “Double Tap” Caribbean Boat Strike Footage WASHINGTON — Members of Congress emerged visibly shaken, and sharply divided, after viewing video footage of the September 2 U.S. military strikes on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean. The classified briefings, led Thursday by Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley and

Congress Presses Pentagon for Answers as New Details Emerge About Deadly Caribbean Boat Strikes WASHINGTON — New revelations about a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean are deepening scrutiny of the Pentagon, as Congress prepares to question Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley in a closed-door session Thursday about a September operation that killed all 11 people

Rand Paul Blows Open the Pentagon’s Story: Did Pete Hegseth Lie About Ordering a Second Strike on Survivors in the Caribbean? “Are we just going to let people lie to us to our face? Are we going to let them kill people… and pretend it didn’t happen?” — Sen. Rand Paul Sen. Rand Paul has

Karoline Leavitt Can’t Explain Why She Defends War Crimes and Drug-Trafficker Pardons Karoline Leavitt is trying to sell a contradiction that collapses the moment you look at it: she defends a U.S. military strike now under war-crime scrutiny, and in the next breath defends Donald Trump’s pardon of a major convicted drug trafficker. She does

Pressure Mounts on Hegseth as Conflicting Accounts Deepen Questions Around Boat Strike Congress seeks clarity on who authorized the second strike and why key details remain undisclosed. In Washington, pressure is intensifying on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as lawmakers from both parties question his shifting public explanations about the September 2 maritime strike and the