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

Boat strike footage removes "fog of war"

Garrett Owen
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
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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
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
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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
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt answers questions during the daily press briefing on Sept. 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WH launches "media offender" list

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

Kelly: Hegseth's double-tap a war crime

Alex Galbraith
Reports are now out that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered multiple missile strikes to make sure there were no survivors on the supposed "drug boats" from South America. (Felix Leon / AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth ordered 2nd strike on survivors

CK Smith
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President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "Animal House" is floundering

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16, 2025.

Trump’s threats show he is unfit to lead

Sabrina Haake
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 brushes off court-martial threats

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are greeted by 18th Airborne Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Gregory Anderson on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Next in Trump's crosshairs? Nigeria

Heather Digby Parton
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump preps military action in Nigeria

Garrett Owen
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Krishan Kariyawasam/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"No justification" for drug boat strikes

Troy Farah
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. (Photo by Federico Gambarini/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Trump goes to war without a net

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The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, is now on its way to the Caribbean. (JONATHAN KLEIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signals war in all but name

Sabrina Haake
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

The press is crumbling under Trump

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

Hegseth’s press crackdown is backfiring

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

News outlets reject DOD rules

Blaise Malley
Donald Trump makes it clear his priorities are service members, while hundreds of thousands of other civil servants continue to go without pay during this shutdown. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pays troops, while others wait

CK Smith
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