Three key reasons why Trump won’t do anything to Pete Hegseth over ‘kill them all’ boat strike scandal — for now - NEWS ANALYSIS: Trump’s desire to avoid anything resembling the chaos of his first term is keeping Pete Hegseth safely in the Pentagon,

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's initial comments about the military's first Caribbean boat strike have come under scrutiny.

Hegseth has faced major backlash after news reports found that the U.S. authorized a second strike in the Caribbean that killed two men in the water who survived the initial attack on an alleged drug boat. While Hegseth initially said the Washington Post report was “fake news,” the White House confirmed on Monday that the second strike happened.

A former Fox colleague says Hegseth’s alleged order to kill survivors of a boat strike may amount to a prosecutable war crime.

Immigration crackdown: Federal agents on Wednesday began dispersing across immigrant communities in New Orleans, the latest front in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. It was unclear how long the effort would last in the Democratic-led city, which had been bracing for the agents’ arrival for weeks.

According to images and screenshots shared of the meeting, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's title was misspelled on his placard, reading "Ssecretary of War." Snopes readers shared an image of Hegseth seated behind the apparently misspelt placard and asked us to ascertain whether the error was real.

Resurfaced clip shows Pete Hegseth saying military should not follow illegal orders to commit war crimes For an administration that loves AI-generated imagery, you'd think that someone would have hopped onto Photoshop. Donald Trump's social media rants are starting to get exhausting.

Rep. Jason Crow (D, Colo.), another of the group of Democrats, reposted a clip of the Defense Secretary’s remarks on X, asking in his caption the same question as Kelly did: “What changed, Pete? Our Secretary of Defense is an unqualified and unserious person.”

The report outlines the findings of a more than eight-month investigation into Hegseth’s use of Signal to share details of planned U.S. strikes in Yemen.