During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on June 12, 2025, Congressman Pat Ryan brutally grills Pete Hegseth over his incompetence as secretary of defense and tells him point-blank, "you should ...

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on June 18, 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren relentlessly grilled Secretary of ...

50 min listen - As war looms, Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by his man?

FILE – Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fields questions on the Pentagon budget from the House Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, June 12, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a Senate hearing on Wednesday that "we'll see" if the Trump administration will follow the Supreme Court 's decision on military deployment in U.S. cities.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers Wednesday that the Pentagon was providing options to President Donald Trump as he decides next steps on Iran but would not say whether the military ...

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) recounted the incident last week when he was ejected from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem ‘s press conference, with members of her detail forcing him to the ...

But Hegseth also has a bead on other ships he considers woke-ish: those named after the first Black Supreme Court justice, abolitionists and suffragettes, as well as civil-rights and labor leaders.

Niall Stanage and Amber Duke discuss Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth getting grilled by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle during a House Armed Services Committee Hearing.