Pete Hegseth

U.S. Central Command has launched a new task force deploying America’s first one-way “suicide drone” squadron in the Middle East, saying the move “sets the conditions for using innovation as a deterrent” as Iran and its proxies escalate low-cost attacks across the region.

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) announced Wednesday that he plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, referencing a resurfaced 2016 remark on war crimes as questions mount over a U.S. military strike that killed survivors of a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean.

The New York Times (NYT) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Department of War over its press policy that has frustrated some journalists.

On Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) argued the “uniformed military may help save us from” President Donald Trump.

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Angus King (I-ME) said if the reports that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered the military to kill everyone on board a boat in the Caribbean, that was an “illegal order.”

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth “is the most unqualified secretary of defense we’ve ever had in the history of our country, by far.”

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” network host Rachel Maddow predicted Republican lawmakers will ask Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to resign because of a report alleging impropriety over his handling of drug boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea.

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth could be impeached over the follow-up strike on a drug boat in the Caribbean in September.

Canada’s “Franklin the Turtle” publisher released a statement Monday condemning Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s meme.

Monday on MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said the United States was on the “wrong side” if survivors were killed during a follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September. Host Lawrence

Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was a known liar who is “hiding something” about the follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September.

Monday on CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth must resign, or President Donald Trump should fire him over the follow-up strike on a drug boat in the Caribbean in September.

Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) reacted to the White House confirming that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth authorized the follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September by calling it “incompetence at the highest level.”

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) claimed the Trump administration’s first military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean was either a “war crime” or “murder.”

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) claimed the Trump administration’s first military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean was a “war crime.”

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared that the United States has “only just begun to kill narco-terrorists,” a blunt call to escalate direct action against cartel operatives. Hegseth reinforced the message in a separate post, vowing that the campaign against transnational drug cartels has entered a new phase.

Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer, spent Thanksgiving with Sailors and Marines stationed at sea, where the Secretary of War delivered a message of gratitude from the pilot house of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

Comedy Central animated series “South Park” took aim at President Donald Trump’s Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Wednesday, calling him a “douchebag,” in an episode that aired on the same day that two National Guard members were gunned down by a radicalized Afghan migrant in Washington D.C.

President Donald Trump addressed the nation after three people were shot, including two National Guardsmen, in Washington, D.C.

Republicans and conservative voices blasted what they called Democrats’ “vile,” “dangerous,” and “reckless” rhetoric toward the National Guard, arguing that days of escalating attacks from leading Democrats have “put a target on the backs of every person in uniform” and created real-world danger for service members — pointing to Wednesday’s shooting of two Guardsmen near the White House as the latest consequence.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, has been identified as the suspect in the shooting of two national guardsmen.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that President Donald Trump has requested an additional 500 National Guardsmen be deployed to Washington following the shooting of two Guardsmen near the White House on Thanksgiving eve.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will visit the Dominican Republic on Wednesday amid Operation Southern Spear’s fight against drug trafficking.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is reportedly proposing the military cut ties with Scouting America over its embrace of gender ideology and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. 

Monday on MS NOW’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said the Department of War investigation into the propaganda video he did with several other Democratic lawmakers was “almost comical.”

Monday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was a “coward” for launching an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over a propaganda video that Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers made instructing military personnel not to follow so-called illegal orders.

The Department of War has launched an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly that may lead to court-martial proceedings.

At a Breitbart News Policy event, Onebrief Chief Operating Officer Adam Lackey discussed the need for more responsive and effective software capabilities across the Department of War, aligning his remarks with broader efforts by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to prioritize innovation aimed at ensuring military effectiveness in future conflicts.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned “interference of external forces in Venezuela’s internal affairs” during its regular press briefing on Wednesday, demanding that the United States “engage in normal law enforcement” rather than military operations to stop organized drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea.

In a decisive show of force, President Trump authorized two precision strikes against cartel-operated vessels in international waters, killing six narco-terrorists linked to designated terrorist organizations. The vessels, laden with narcotics and navigating a known trafficking corridor in the Eastern Pacific, were neutralized without harm to U.S. personnel—underscoring Trump’s commitment to defending the homeland and dismantling transnational threats.

As critics decry President Donald Trump’s lethal strikes against narco-terrorist smugglers on the high seas, the silence surrounding the staggering toll of fentanyl deaths in the United States grows louder—raising the question: whose lives are worth defending?

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Monday at the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

The U.S. military conducted another lethal strike on boat piloted by alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed Saturday.

Canadian Armed Forces head General Jennie Carignan gave a tearful apology for “systemic racism” officials claimed affected military members.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova issued a statement declaring that Moscow was “ready” to act to defend Venezuela.

U.S. military strikes against cartel drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean journeying from South America are “unacceptable” and must stop, the U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk warned Friday.