Will Pete Hegseth Be Fired? What to Know. Published Apr 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM EDT Updated Apr 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM EDT. By . Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K.

Pete Hegseth didn’t become defense secretary because he had the resume of a great statesman. But President Donald Trump spent huge political capital getting Hegseth confirmed because the ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again — this time from political skeptics or foes across the political spectrum. But just as the case was during the recent ...

Pete Hegseth was never qualified to be the secretary of defense. Donald Trump should never have nominated him, Hegseth should never have accepted the nomination, and the Senate should never have ...

Embattled Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pushed back Tuesday on the latest revelations that he shared military attack plans on his private phone with his wife, brother and personal lawyer. "If ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied discussing sensitive military information with his wife and others in the Signal app, saying what he shared were “informal, unclassified coordinations ...

The Defense Department inspector general’s office is examining whether it was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or an aide, perhaps acting at his behest, who used Hegseth’s account on the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied discussing sensitive military information with his wife and others in the Signal app, saying what he shared were “informal, unclassified coordinations ...

Pete Hegseth defending himself after he shared information in a second Signal group chat with family members and his personal lawyer, arguing the messages were “informal” and “unclassified." ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quickly got defensive when asked why he only praised the “boys” involved in the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities.