Hegseth faces Pentagon investigation over use of Signal
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The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi m...
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The Pentagon’s inspector general said Thursday it had launched a review into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sharing of military plans ahead of U.S. strikes on Yemen in a Signal chat group.
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Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle called for an investigation into the use of Signal and the inclusion of Goldberg in the chat but Trump stood by Waltz.
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The Defense Department inspector general has opened an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s reported use of Signal to discuss U.S. attack plans against the Houthis.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deflected when asked about the leak of a sensitive chat between Trump administration officials and attacked the character of the journalist who published the revelation.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal group chat with other national security officials to discuss plans for airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen will be investigated, the Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday.
Pete Hegseth wanted to strike Houthis before Israel could, according to texts leaked to the Atlantic
Vice President J.D. Vance expressed skepticism about the major bombing attack and recommended delaying it — until Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... forward fast. Hegseth, according to the texts, was worried that Israel would hit the Houthis first.
They wanted to talk about hot boys, not hot wars. “Saturday Night Live” took on the Signalgate drama, spoofing the scandal by casting Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance as accidentally stumbling into a text chain of high school girls — and sharing government secrets anyway.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to make fitness standards for all combat jobs gender neutral, formalizing a process that largely exists for many of those jobs already. In a new memo,