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Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House on Tuesday, April 22.

Tuesday, during an appearance on CNN, network commentator Scott Jennings dismissed media criticisms of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) claimed Thursday on CNN’s “The Source” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was the wrong person for his position.

Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) blasted Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), his former colleague on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), after Bacon played up recent establishment media attacks on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) said Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should be fired or resign after reports that military details were shared in a second Signal group chat.

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell responded to the establishment news media relaunching Signal-gate attacks against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, noting that it is “another old story” that is “back from the dead.”

One of the top advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after he was reportedly identified as a leaker in an investigation.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had one mission on his trip to Panama — to secure a deal to get “first and free” passage for U.S. ships in the Panama Canal, a critical waterway for the United States’ economy and military that was at risk of falling under China’s control.

On this week’s broadcast of “Sunday Morning Futures,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump is stopping the Chinese government from taking over the Panama Canal.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday fired the commander of a Space Force base in Greenland hours after a report that she had sent an email to the entire base criticizing Vice President JD Vance after his visit there last month.

Beijing accused U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of “maliciously attacking” China and sabotaging its relationship with Panama during his official visit to the Central American nation.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday in Panama delivered a clear message: the United States and Panama would take back the Panama Canal from China’s influence.

Terry Adirim, a senior Central Intelligence Agency official and former senior defense official who played a pivotal and potentially illegal role in the Biden Administration’s military vaccine mandate, was recently fired from the agency, a source has exclusively revealed to Breitbart News.

A White House review has reportedly discovered how an Atlantic editor’s number got added to National Security Adviser Michael Waltz’s phone and later added to a private group chat with the Trump administration’s top national security officials.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is heading to Panama City, Panama, on Monday, for a two-day visit to attend the 2025 Central American Security Conference and meet with American troops stationed there.

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, the Senior Director of Counterterrorism for the National Security Council (NSC) and a Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, told Breitbart News in a lengthy exclusive interview at the White House that Trump has totally reframed how the United States approaches the elimination of jihadist terrorists.

A 100-year-old World War II veteran traveled from Bristol, Connecticut, to Iwo Jima to mark 80 years since the U.S. fought on the small Japanese island.

During a discussion that took place in January that was aired on Friday’s broadcast of PBS’s “Firing Line,” New York Times national political reporter Adam Nagourney stated that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s nomination likely should have been brought down and there

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made it a habit to do physical training — or “PT” in military speak — early in the morning with troops he visits on overseas trips — winning him respect from troops, according to one retired Green Beret.

During a hearing of the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) pointed out that files pertaining to former President John F. Kennedy’s assassination “show no evidence of a CIA conspiracy,” and said they should be focusing on Signal-Gate.

Monday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said the Signal chat among senior national security officials in the Trump administration was a “gross violation of the law.” Cooper said, “The White House says the case is closed on

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday evening ordered the military services to set sex-neutral physical fitness standards for combat arms, reversing over a decade of the erosion of standards in hopes of recruiting more women.

On Friday, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said on CNN’s “News Central” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz should not be in government after using Signal for a chat among senior national security officials.

Conservative Meloni warns many Euro leaders too instinctive with President Trump, never stopping to think whether he may have a point.

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Thursday on CNN’s “OutFront” that if Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does not resign over the Signal chat among senior national security officials, President Donald Trump should fire him.

Joy Behar demanded on ABC’s “The View” that President Donald Trump stop blaming former President Joe Biden for problems.

Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said Thursday on CNN’s “News Central” that President Donald Trump needed to be “held accountable” for the Signal chat among senior national security officials.

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “OutFront” that the Signal chat among senior national security officials shows President Donald Trump’s second administration was “drunk with power.”

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued a statement calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign after The Atlantic published an article showing private Signal messages between Trump administration cabinet members, in which Hegseth shared what the magazine labeled “attack plans.”

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should resign over the Signal chat among senior national security officials.

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Arena” that there is “no way in hell” Trump administration officials’ Signal group chat on military strikes against the Houthis is not classified information.

The United Kingdom accepts “the Americans have absolutely got a case” on lack of military spending on the continent.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) claimed Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” the current Trump administration was a “toxic combination” of arrogance and incompetence.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to be fired after The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he had accidentally been added to a Signal group chat with Trump administration officials in which military strikes against the Houthis were discussed days before the strikes occurred.

Former White House adviser Susan Rice said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg being added to Signal group chat on military strikes against the Houthis between Trump administration officials was “the biggest national security debacle that any professional can remember.”

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that the Signal group chat on military strikes against the Houthis between Trump administration officials might be a violation of the “Espionage Act as well as the Federal Records and Presidential Records Act.”