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Prominent role of Pete Hegseth’s wife at Pentagon draws scrutiny

News over the weekend that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife Jennifer was included in a second group chat where he shared sensitive military operations details has focused attention on the prominent role she has occupied at the Pentagon without being formally employed during her husband’s short tenure running the US military.

The Washington Post on MSN · 4d

Pete Hegseth’s Signal chats are drawing scrutiny. Here’s what to know.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly twice shared operational details about military missions via Signal, a commercial messaging app.

MSNBC · 3d

Hegseth's Signal chat controversies have 'destroyed trust' of those in uniform: Jacobson

President Trump and Vice President Vance are standing behind Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after his second Signal chat controversy. NBC News' Courtney Kube reports more from the Pentagon. Senior Fellow at Salve Regina University's Pell Center for International Relations Mark Jacobson joins Ana Cabrera to discuss the internal damage the chat may have caused and how other countries are viewing it.

Mediaite on MSN2d

Pete Hegseth’s Chief of Staff Is OUT As Pentagon Loses 5th Top Official In Days: ‘It Was a Knife Fight’

Kasper’s exit comes following the firing of other top aides, some of whom were close friends of Hegseth, amid a leak ...

ABC7 KABC1d

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to polygraph top military officers, ABC News confirms

In at least two separate meetings Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused top-ranking military officers of leaking to the media and threatened to polygraph them.

Richmond4d

Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office for Signal, sources say

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon's security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer ...

Mediaite on MSN4d

Pete Hegseth’s ‘Bawdy’ Top Lieutenant Reportedly Derailed Veterans Group Meeting With Strip Club Story

Jaffe and Cooper also detailed moments of frustration from the White House at Hegseth’s inability to push through Trump's agenda items.

CBS News5d

Hegseth's chief of staff shifts to new role amid Pentagon upheaval

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's chief of staff is moving to a new role at the Pentagon, a senior defense official told CBS News — the latest staffing shift after days of upheaval ...

Washington Examiner4d

America First might mean Hegseth has to go

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... undermines the United States’s attempts to maneuver through a world on fire and secure the nation’s long-term interests. To be sure, Hegseth’s errors ...

MinnPost6d

Sec. Hegseth shared airstrike details with wife and brother via Signal

Tara Copp of the Associated Press reports: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal ... threatening to kill a member of the United States Congress, according to federal officials ...

WFAE5d

Hegseth 2nd Signal chat cause for 'worry' about nation's security, says Rep. Jim Himes

Updated April 21, 2025 at 14:40 PM ET Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is facing renewed scrutiny ... in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 1, 2023. Inskeep: We should note, ...

The List on MSN4d

Pete Hegseth's Most Embarrassing Moments In The Trump Administration (So Far)

Pete Hegseth has only served as Secretary of Defense since January 2025, but he's racked up a number of scandals in the short ...

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