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Topic: Pete Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a visit to Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado on Monday, February 23, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Did Hegseth make sketchy investments?

Jelinda Montes
Demonstration in support of the Iranian government on March 22, 2026, in central Tehran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iran is right: Trump has already lost

Andrew O'Hehir
Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are among the Cabinet and White House officials who have been granted military housing (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

A Cabinet behind military gates

Chauncey DeVega
A general view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city, on March 02, 2026. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Trump’s rising Iran War price tag

Garrett Owen
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Why AI chatbots are getting political

Russell Payne
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s shoe gifts keep Cabinet in line

Chauncey DeVega
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 10: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with top business leaders in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the roundtable, Trump addressed questions on the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to cut interest rates and reports that the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, among other topics. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Donald Trump is losing the war at home

David Smith - The Conversation
As the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran continue and the number of American casualties climbs, President Donald Trump is insisting everything is fine. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Reality doesn't matter to Trump

Brian Karem
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is known for his chest-thumping (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth's manly act is backfiring

Amanda Marcotte
US President Donald Trump speaks during the "Shield of the Americas" Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Getty Images)

Trump makes "giant mess" in Ecuador

Garrett Owen
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stands at attention during an advanced honor cordon for Canadian National Defense Minister David McGuinty at the Pentagon on September 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

DoD nixed plan to avoid civilian deaths

Hannah Allam - ProPublica
Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026. (Sasan / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "unpredictable" war in Iran

Garrett Owen
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth's action movie rhetoric

Casey Ryan Kelly - The Conversation
Anti-war protestors gather in front of the New York Public Library and mourn the 180 Iranian children killed during U.S.-Israeli bombing on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, on March 08, 2026, in New York City, U.S. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Getty Images)

US likely responsible for school strike

Alex Galbraith
Ashley Padilla as Kristi Noem during the “Hegseth Iran Presser” Cold Open on Saturday, March 7, 2026 (Photo by Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL" comes to bury Noem

Alex Galbraith
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Trump’s Cabinet tries to sell a war

Sophia Tesfaye
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President Donald Trump speaks at “The Shield of the Americas Summit“ as Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth look on, Trump National Doral Golf Club, March 7, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Behind Trump’s war fever lies weakness

Andrew O'Hehir
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s war without rules

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump used social media again to dictate policy. This time to end migration from "Third-World Countries" and call out Minnesota's Somalian community. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: Favored Iran successors are dead

Alex Galbraith
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attends a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 02, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth: Iran isn't another forever war

Garrett Owen
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James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump during the “Trump War Address” Cold Open on Saturday, February 28, 2026 (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL" weighs in on Iran strikes

Alex Galbraith
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a visit to Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado on Monday, February 23, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Hegseth issues threat over killer AI

Russell Payne
Elon Musk envisioned a future with optional work and irrelevant money thanks to the domination of artificial intelligence. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA loves bad dads

Amanda Marcotte
Former Trump attorney Ty Cobb (Jerry Cleveland/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Cobb calls for Bondi, Noem impeachment

CK Smith
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