| 2026-04-13 | Pentagon Misses Warren-Shaheen WEXMAC Deadline — No Public Response to 13 Armed Services Questions on Navy Detention Contracting Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-07 | Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization Tonight: 8 PM Ultimatum to Destroy All Power Plants and Bridges Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Iran |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | Trump Requests Record $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget for FY2027, Largest Year-Over-Year Increase Since WWII Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | US F-15E Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran, One Crew Member Rescued, Second Missing U.S. Air Force · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-02 | Hegseth Fires Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George During Iran War, Installs Former Personal Aide Pete Hegseth · Randy George · Christopher LaNeve · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-02 | US Intelligence Assesses Iran Retains Roughly Half Its Missile Launchers After Five Weeks of Strikes U.S. Intelligence Community · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-23 | Sen. Warren Calls Anthropic Blacklist "Retaliation" for AI Safety Positions — Says DOD Trying to Strong-Arm Companies Into Bulk Surveillance Sen. Elizabeth Warren · Pete Hegseth · Anthropic | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-22 | Pentagon-Anthropic Dispute Rekindles Silicon Valley Anti-War Movement — Worker Coalitions Demand Companies Refuse Unrestricted Military AI tech worker coalitions · Palmer Luckey · Pete Hegseth | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-22 | Warren and Shaheen Demand Hegseth End DoD WEXMAC-TITUS Agreement With DHS, Citing $65 Billion Ceiling Growth and Diversion of Navy Resources to Domestic ICE Detention Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Navy · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | CounterPunch Analysis Examines Crusade Imagery, Hegseth's Jerusalem Cross, and Militarized Christian Nationalism Henry Giroux · Pete Hegseth · Vote Common Good | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Hegseth Quotes Psalm 144 at Pentagon Briefing, Calls Iranian Leaders "Religious Fanatics" Pete Hegseth · MRFF · PRRI · Mikey Weinstein |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-19 | Pentagon Requests $200 Billion War Supplemental — Hegseth Says 'It Takes Money to Kill Bad Guys' Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | DOD Files 40-Page Rebuttal Claiming Anthropic Might "Disable Its Technology" During Warfighting Operations Over Corporate Red Lines Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Anthropic · Chris Mattei |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | Sen. Warren Questions Pentagon Granting Musk's xAI Access to Classified Military Networks Despite Grok's Harmful Outputs Sen. Elizabeth Warren · Pete Hegseth · Elon Musk · xAI |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | 120+ House Democrats Demand Pentagon Explain AI's Role in Selecting Minab School Target That Killed 170+ Rep. Sara Jacobs · Pete Hegseth · House Democrats |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | CNN Analysis Connects Hegseth's "American Crusade" Book to His Leadership of Iran War Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-11 | Evidence Points to US Tomahawk Strike on Minab Girls School Killing 170+, War Crime Investigation Demanded U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Defense Intelligence Agency · Pete Hegseth · +7 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-10 | DOGE Spending Cuts Leave U.S. Government Hollowed Out as Iran War Escalates Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-10 | Hegseth Announces "Most Intense Day of Strikes" on Iran as US Targets Drone Manufacturing Pete Hegseth · Dan Caine · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate Democrats Demand Public Hearings on Iran War After Closed Briefing Raises Alarms Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · Jacky Rosen · Pete Hegseth · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-09 | Anthropic Files Dual Federal Lawsuits Challenging Pentagon's Supply Chain Risk Designation as Unconstitutional Retaliation Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate Democrats Demand Hegseth and Rubio Testify on Iran War, Threaten Repeated War Powers Votes Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Tim Kaine · Chris Murphy · +8 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-07 | Trump Hosts Shield of the Americas Summit at His Own Doral Resort, Launches Military Cartel Coalition Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Marco Rubio · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-07 | War Enters Second Week as Trump Warns Iran "Will Be Hit Very Hard" and U.S. Evacuates Citizens from Middle East Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-06 | 29 Congress Members Demand DOD Inspector General Investigate Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon Rep. Jared Huffman · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Chrissy Houlahan · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-06 | Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Unprecedented National Security Designation Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-06 | Trump Demands Iran's "Unconditional Surrender," Refuses Any Negotiated End to War Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · Masoud Pezeshkian · Pete Hegseth · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-05 | Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks as Defense Experts Warn Blacklist Sets Dangerous Precedent for AI Safety Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-05 | U.S. Strikes Target Iran's Space and Remaining Nuclear Infrastructure as Campaign Enters Second Week U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Iran · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Claims Iran's Navy Destroyed and Senior Naval Leadership Killed in Operation Epic Fury Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · Iran · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a National Security Supply-Chain Risk, First US Company So Labeled Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Uses Banned Anthropic Claude to Select 1,000+ Iran Strike Targets While Simultaneously Blacklisting the Company Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-03 | MRFF Documents Over 200 Complaints of Military Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon Pete Hegseth · Mikey Weinstein · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · CAIR · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-03 | White House Offers Shifting, Contradictory Rationales for Iran War as Intelligence Contradicts Claims Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Steve Witkoff · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-28 | Evangelical End-Times Theology Shapes Trump's Iran War Decision as Hagee and Huckabee Push Biblical Case for Strikes Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Mike Huckabee · John Hagee · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-28 | Operation Epic Fury - US and Israel Launch Massive Military Strikes on Iran Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · CENTCOM · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-27 | OpenAI Strikes Pentagon Deal Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Drawing Backlash Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-27 | Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-26 | Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-25 | Bloomberg Op-Ed Documents White Christian Nationalism Driving US Foreign Policy Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Bloomberg Opinion |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-25 | Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition" Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Richard Leon · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-24 | Hegseth Threatens Anthropic with Defense Production Act Over Military AI Access Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | 400 Christian Leaders Issue Ash Wednesday Letter Condemning Trump Administration as "Cruel and Oppressive," Calling White Christian Nationalism a Heresy Cardinal Blase Cupich · Interfaith clergy coalition · Trump Administration · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson to Lead Official Pentagon Prayer Service Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge Pete Hegseth · Dan Driscoll · Dave Butler · Mark Milley · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-15 | Pentagon Extends Defense Contractor "Naughty List" Review Period Pentagon · Pete Hegseth · RTX · General Dynamics · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-08 | Hegseth Skips NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Elbridge Colby · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-05 | Hegseth Declares America a "Christian Nation" at National Prayer Breakfast; Says Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for It Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · National Prayer Breakfast |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-05 | Defense Secretary Hegseth Moves to Cut Senator Mark Kelly's Military Rank and Retirement Pay Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · U.S. Department of Defense | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-03 | US Military Invades Venezuela, Captures President Maduro in Predawn Raid Donald Trump · Nicolas Maduro · Pete Hegseth · Delta Force · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-22 | Venezuela Naval Blockade Kills 105 in 29 Strikes as Trump Refuses to Rule Out War Donald Trump · Nicolas Maduro · Stephen Miller · Pete Hegseth · +3 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-20 | Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders 'Operation Hawkeye Strike': Massive Retaliatory Strikes Against ISIS in Syria Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar · William Nathaniel Howard · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-17 | Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · Frank Bradley · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Senator Jack Reed · Representative Jim Himes · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-04 | New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Restrictive Media Rules Requiring Publication Approval, Violating First Amendment The New York Times · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · NPR · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-03 | Pentagon IG Finds Hegseth Shared SECRET//NOFORN Classified Information on Signal, Violated National Security Protocols Pete Hegseth · Jeffrey Goldberg · Mike Waltz · JD Vance · +5 |
| disputed |
| 2025-12-01 | SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Holsey Offers Resignation Over Boat Strike Legality Concerns Alvin Holsey · Pete Hegseth · Adam Smith · SOUTHCOM |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-28 | Washington Post reveals Hegseth gave "kill everybody" order in Caribbean boat strikes, killing shipwrecked survivors Pete Hegseth · Admiral Frank Bradley · Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · +4 |
| reported |
| 2025-11-18 | Six Democratic Congress Members Release Video Reminding Military of Constitutional Duty to Refuse Illegal Orders Elissa Slotkin · Mark Kelly · Jason Crow · Chris DeLuzio · +7 |
| reported |
| 2025-11-13 | Defense Secretary Hegseth Formally Unveils 'Operation Southern Spear' Military Campaign Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-30 | Trump Officials Flee to Military Bases: Miller, Noem, Hegseth, Rubio Create Militarized "Green Zone" Charlie Kirk · Kristi Noem · Marco Rubio · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-22 | Pentagon Replaces Mainstream Media with MAGA Propaganda Outlets in Press Corps Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · mainstream media outlets · far-right media |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-16 | Pentagon Strips Press Credentials After Hegseth Imposes Rules Labeling Journalists as Security Risks Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · New York Times · Associated Press · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-15 | Pentagon Chief Hegseth Blocks Military Officials From Contacting Congress Without Approval Pete Hegseth · Steve Feinberg · Pentagon |
| reported |
| 2025-09-23 | Hegseth Terminates 74-Year-Old Women's Military Advisory Committee, Citing 'Divisive Feminist Agenda' Pete Hegseth · DACOWITS · U.S. Department of Defense |
| reported |
| 2025-09-05 | Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Pentagon as 'Department of War' Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-02 | US Military Conducts "Double Tap" Strike on Caribbean Vessel, Killing 11 Including Shipwrecked Survivors Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Senator Angus King · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-08-22 | Hegseth Fires DIA Director Lt. Gen. Kruse After Agency's Iran Strike Assessment Contradicted Trump's 'Obliterated' Claim Jeffrey Kruse · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Benjamin Netanyahu |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-25 | Trump Administration Accepts Qatar's Luxury Jet, Uses Missile Program Funds for Retrofit Donald Trump · Troy Meink · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-05 | Hegseth Orders 20% Cut to Four-Star General and Admiral Positions Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-25 | Pentagon Prepared and Then Canceled Classified Briefing for Musk on China War Plans Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth · Admiral Samuel Paparo |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-10 | Federal Judges Establish Precedent for Presidential Accountability Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Rebecca Slaughter · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-04 | Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield Fired as U.S. Military Representative to NATO — 'Loss of Confidence' Shoshana Chatfield · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-03 | Trump Fires NSA Director Gen. Timothy Haugh and Deputy After Laura Loomer Oval Office Visit Timothy Haugh · Wendy Noble · Donald Trump · Laura Loomer · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-22 | Trump's National Guard Federalization Triggers Constitutional Crisis in California Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Pete Hegseth · Charles Breyer · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-21 | Pentagon Alters Musk Meeting After Leaked War Plan Briefing Reports Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-20 | Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Critical Mineral Extraction on Federal Lands Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Scott Bessent · Doug Burgum |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-22 | Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman and Navy Chief in Unprecedented Military Purge Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · General Charles Q. Brown Jr. · Admiral Lisa Franchetti · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-29 | Pentagon Ends Travel Reimbursement for Military Members Seeking Abortion Care Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · Lloyd Austin · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-28 | Defense Secretary Revokes General Milley Security Detail in Political Retaliation Pete Hegseth · General Mark Milley · Pentagon Inspector General · Iranian Regime · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-24 | Pete Hegseth confirmed as Defense Secretary in historic VP tiebreaker vote Pete Hegseth · JD Vance · U.S. Senate · Mitch McConnell · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-24 | Vance Casts Tiebreaker Confirming Hegseth as Defense Secretary: Enabling Event for Project 2025 DoD-Purge Chapter JD Vance · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Senate · Mitch McConnell · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-21 | Trump Fires Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan on Day Two — First Military Leader Removed Linda Fagan · Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Kristi Noem |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-14 | Defense Secretary Nominee Hegseth Declines to Rule Out Military Force Against Greenland and Panama Pete Hegseth · Mazie Hirono |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-14 | Pete Hegseth Dismisses Sexual Assault and Alcohol Abuse Allegations as "Smear Campaign" at Confirmation Hearing Pete Hegseth · Senate Armed Services Committee | | confirmed |
| 2024-08-22 | Former Rep. Mike Gallagher Joins Palantir as Head of Defense After Resigning Congress Mike Gallagher · Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · Peter Thiel · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-10-01 | Pete Hegseth accused of sexual assault at Republican conference Pete Hegseth · California Federation of Republican Women |
| confirmed |