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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting at the Pentagon on January 15, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Boat strike victims' families sue US

Jelinda Montes
President Donald Trump speaks as he signs a series of executive Orders in the Oval Office at the White House on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

MAGA craves praise for shoddy work

Alex Galbraith
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks to press before the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Kelly sues Hegseth, Pentagon

Alex Galbraith
Tony Dokoupil at the 2024 New York Comic Con (Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ReedPop)

Tony Dokoupil’s viral debut at CBS

Sophia Tesfaye
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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago club on January 03, 2026, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump admin defends oil tanker seizures

Garrett Owen
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The press helped Project 2025 succeed

Sophia Tesfaye
Sunday, President Trump welcomed President Zelenskyy to Mar-a-Lago to explore further progress on the "20-point peace plan". They left optimistic but with no solid deal. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump frames Ukraine talks as his win

CK Smith
US President Donald Trump participates in calls to US service members, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 24, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images)

"More strikes to come" in Nigeria

Garrett Owen
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) walks off the House floor after speaking for 8 hours and 44 minutes as the House votes to pass Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

Democrats split on impeachments

Garrett Owen
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump still can't say "you're fired"

Heather Digby Parton
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers remarks on Dec. 8, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hegseth's press purge is now complete

Sabrina Haake
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., speaks to reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. (Bill Clark/Getty Images)

Rogers says boat-strike probe is "done"

Blaise Malley
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Donald Trump places the FIFA Peace Prize around his neck after receiving it from FIFA President Gianni Infantino. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Phony peace prize for a fake president

Heather Digby Parton
Colin Jost as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during the "Pentagon Press Conference" Cold Open on "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

Hegseth roasted on "Saturday Night Live"

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

Hegseth could be investigated by 5 orgs

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Boat strike footage removes "fog of war"

Garrett Owen
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Donald Trump, taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Image)

Trump is dragging the media even lower

Brian Karem
U.S. Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Vance joked about Signalgate in chat

Alex Galbraith
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

IG: Hegseth put troops at risk

Blaise Malley
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R) speaks alongside, US President Donald Trump during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Boat strikes: War crime or "hoax"?

Sophia Tesfaye
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Hill presses Hegseth on strike

Blaise Malley
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks at a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on December 1, 2025, in Washington, DC. Kelly held the event to address what he described as intimidating actions by U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, following a video in which Kelly and several lawmakers urged U.S. troops to refuse “illegal orders.” (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kelly: Hegseth is "playing Army"

Alex Galbraith
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WH on drug boat strike: "Self-defense"

Alex Galbraith
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