"The Inspector General review is a TOTAL exoneration of Secretary Hegseth," a Pentagon spokesperson told Newsweek.

The report comes as the defense secretary is engulfed in a controversy over a “double tap” strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat.

In a report filed to Congress on Dec. 3, the acting Pentagon inspector general concluded that sensitive messages Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent in a group Signal chat months prior risked putting ...

The Pentagon did not conduct a routine investigation into the impact of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s disclosure of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information that could have endangered US troops through his use of Signal to discuss attack plans, a Pentagon watchdog said in an ...

Hegseth denied posting classified information regarding plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen in March.

US defense secretary was accused of putting military personnel in danger when he used messaging app to discuss strikes.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked endangering troops by using the Signal messaging app to discuss a strike on Houthis in Yemen, sources say a Pentagon watchdog report finds.

A watchdog report on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's texts in a Signal group chat about a strike in Yemen has been released. This comes as Hegseth faces more scrutiny over the strikes on Sept. 2 ...

Vance received no response to his message, which was sent a day after news broke of a journalist being added to the chat ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth pledges to toss "New Age notions" in America’s Chaplain Corps and make the military body “great ...

Rep. Pete Sessions, on the Congressional Scouting Caucus, condemned Pete Hegseth's memo on Scouting America, formerly known ...