Hegseth shared that information with a group ... that accessing them requires a code word and a secure line of communication, former defense officials have said. In response to a request for ...

chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense — were put on leave because of investigations into alleged leaks. Ullyot wrote that "Defense Department officials working for Hegseth tried to ...

Hegseth said: "If one or two of the guys are exonerated after an investigation, great—that is what investigations are for. But we took it seriously. It led to unfortunate places for people I ...

April 17, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by GySgt Jordan E. Gilbert) Much of the communication on X from Hegseth focuses on touting the president's agenda, namely cultural grievances and border ...

Democrats quickly called for investigations and for Hegseth to resign ... “This is normal communication on it. What’s not normal is having a reporter in the middle of it,” he said.

Such information typically is considered so highly classified that it requires code word access and a secure line of communication, former defense officials have said. Hegseth has vehemently ...

Hegseth is again under fire after reports ... an investigation with the Defense Department's Office of Special Investigations following a series of stories that relied on non-public information.

2025 "We need to fix that," Hegseth said, explaining that the directive will lead to a review of equal opportunity programs "to ensure prompt and impartial investigations, fair to all parties ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said “nobody was texting ... using approved secure lines of communication, because American lives are on the line,” he added. Republican senators faced ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered a minimum 20% reduction of four-star generals and admirals across the military, he said in a memo addressed to senior Pentagon leadership.

The communication mirrored the attack plans on Houthi militants in Yemen that Hegseth shared in a separate Signal chat of Trump officials the same day that inadvertently included the editor of The ...