While Democrats and others have called for resignations, many GOP members of Congress have offered milder, if any, criticism.

The Defense secretary attacked the journalist who was mistakenly added to a Signal chat with national security officials, but did not dispute its existence.

President Trump argued on Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should “fire every single” US military general involved in the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Hegseth doesn’t seem to think the audit is on the level, though. “Of course the outgoing Biden IRS rushed an ‘audit’ of the incoming SecDef. Total sham,” he wrote alongside the picture ...

Pete Hegseth is the U.S. Defense Secretary under President Donald Trump. He was sworn in to serve the Trump administration’s second term by Vice President JD Vance on Jan. 25, 2025. Hegseth is a ...