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In response to reports that Pete Hegseth sharing sensitive attack information with his family, Newsmax host says it “has no impact on how Hegseth carries out his job”

04/23/25 10:17 AM EDT
Steve Bannon on Pete Hegseth: “We're not gonna go to the ramparts today. We're gonna think this through to have Pete's back”

04/22/25 3:48 PM EDT
Ben Shapiro: “The White House should stand by Hegseth. He was their pick. He was an out of the box pick, and he remains the right pick for secretary of defense.”

04/22/25 1:27 PM EDT
Media Matters weekly newsletter, March 28

03/28/25 10:46 AM EDT
Newsmax attacks Fox's Jennifer Griffin for reporting that what Pete Hegseth shared may have been far more sensitive than war plans

03/28/25 9:29 AM EDT
Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin: Negligent group chat put “the lives of U.S. service members and pilots in danger”

03/27/25 4:08 PM EDT
Charlie Kirk: “Our movement will awaken from its slumber if you dare lay a hand on Pete Hegseth”

03/27/25 2:15 PM EDT
Fox's newest defense of the Signal mess: Detailed information about imminent military strikes is no big deal

03/27/25 1:20 PM EDT
Daily Wire host: “We ain't turning on our own over a group chat”

03/27/25 10:55 AM EDT
Fox host: Mike Waltz might be the victim of the war plans group chat

03/27/25 9:29 AM EDT
Newsmax's Greg Kelly claims the top Trump officials who texted attack plans “were kind of the victim of a cyber crime”

03/27/25 9:17 AM EDT
Will Cain’s bizarre defense of negligent group chat scandal includes a hypothetical situation where Rep. Crow lost his weapon in Afghanistan

03/26/25 7:28 PM EDT