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Pete Hegseth Just Fired a Top General Who Pissed Off Trump
Inconvenient truths don’t go unpunished in the Trump administration. It’s a lesson that Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse learned the hard…
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Pete Hegseth responds to claims that he and Trump want "martial law"
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed back against critics who say President Donald Trump's administration seeks to impose…
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It Sure Looks Like Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Think Women Should Vote
“In fact, where are the journalists even asking them to make a statement, OK?” she continued. “A state leader—a state leader is speaking…
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Pete Hegseth Brings in Worst Person Ever on Paranoid Hunt for Leakers
Far-right extremist Laura Loomer says that she is now working with the federal government to identify individuals within the Department of…
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Pete Hegseth’s Signalgate Saga Somehow Gets Worse
A new report pokes gaping holes in the Trump administration’s already unconvincing assurances that no classified information was disclosed…
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Pete Hegseth Announces Dangerous Expansion of ICE’s Powers
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now allowing ICE to use U.S. military bases to detain undocumented immigrants as part of Donald Trump’s…
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Pete Hegseth Uses Iran Strike Presser to Complain Media Is Mean to Him
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday continued his massive public meltdown about the leaked Pentagon report that undermined Donald…
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Transcript: MAGA Dope Pete Hegseth’s Tantrum Exposes Trump’s Iran Scam
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 26 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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MAGA Dope Pete Hegseth Accidentally Exposes Trump’s Vile Scam on Iran
President Donald Trump and his top advisers have worked themselves up into a fury about the leaked intelligence assessment casting doubt…
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Pete Hegseth Spirals Over Damning Leaked Report on Trump Iran Strikes
Trump gave more noncommittal responses when asked about his current view on Russia’s war against Ukraine at Tuesday’s NATO Summit at The…
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Here’s Anti-DEI King Pete Hegseth’s Plan for Marking Juneteenth
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the Pentagon to tone any commemoration of Juneteenth way, way down, in keeping with his…
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Transcript: MAGA Dope Pete Hegseth Implodes at Hearing, Exposing Trump
Hegseth (audio voiceover): All of these orders and what they’re sent there to do are public. They’re— Slotkin (audio voiceover): OK, So…
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Mitch McConnell Grills Pete Hegseth on Russia in Damning Exchange
The Trump administration is losing its ability to hide its pro-Russia affinities. In a searing exchange with Senator Mitch McConnell…
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Pete Buttigieg Doesn’t Have a Time Machine
It means little that he can half-heartedly break from aspects of the Democratic Party’s record that he now realizes are controversial.…
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Pete Hegseth’s Garbage New Press Secretary Is as Extreme as They Come
The Pentagon’s new press secretary is a chronically online 26-year-old white nationalist who believes in the “great replacement” theory,…
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Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Is Locked in a “Cold War”
Tension is bubbling in Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon. The defense secretary’s senior advisers are falling further apart, causing rifts and…
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Pete Hegseth Hit With Stunning Illegal Wiretap Allegations
“It’s kind of a fund-raiser” for Mr. Trump, Korean crypto executive Sangrok Oh and another dinner attendee, told the Times. “And he’ll…
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Hegseth Orders 20 Percent Cut in Military’s Senior Ranks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a 20 percent reduction of four-star officers — the military’s senior ranks — continuing the wide…
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Trump Refuses to Answer One Telling Question on Pete Hegseth
Trump has already acted in defiance of the Supreme Court, refusing to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was…
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Pete Hegseth axes "woke" Pentagon program that Donald Trump signed into law
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted on social media Tuesday that he had dismantled a Department of Defense program supporting women on…
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Pete Hegseth’s Signal Phone Number Can Be Found Everywhere
The phone number that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was using to discuss sensitive war plans on Signal was used on multiple other public…
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Pete Hegseth Seems to Be Losing His Mind as Leaks Keep Coming
The walls seem to be closing in on Pete Hegseth. The defense secretary—who has drawn ire for his Crusader-level white supremacy, his…
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Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong Becoming One of Game's Best Young Stars
By Andrew Wright is a Newsweek contributor based in Lancaster, South Carolina. His focus is MLB content. Andrew has been with Newsweek…
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Pete Hegseth’s Group Chat Scandal Ramps up Disaster Inside Pentagon
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is in shambles after an explosive power struggle saw the secretary of defense’s top civilian advisers dismissed,…