WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. troops at risk by sharing sensitive plans about an upcoming military strike in Yemen on his personal phone, according to a Pentagon inspector ...
James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. The report found the former Fox ...
A Pentagon inspector general report concluded that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth sent sensitive, nonpublic strike information over the encrypted app Signal using his personal phone, a violation of ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s bad week just got worse. That’s after the long-awaited release Thursday of an inspector general’s report on his sharing of highly sensitive military attack plans on ...
WASHINGTON – A Pentagon watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked the safety of American troops and their mission when he discussed a covert military operation in Yemen over the ...
A highly critical inspector general report found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy by using the Signal app on his personal cell phone to discuss a ...
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department Inspector General concluded in a report filed Tuesday that the information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared on a group Signal chat about a pending military ...
James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. Washington — The Pentagon's ...
It's "not a crime. It is just poor judgment," one expert said. Eight months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth typed up detailed military plans to attack Houthi rebel sites in Yemen then shared them ...
The March chat shared details of a planned attack on Houthi rebels in Somalia. A Pentagon watchdog concluded that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked exposing sensitive information that could have ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a roundtable in the State Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 23, 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP) The Pentagon’s watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...
An inspector general report to be released on Thursday examined the defense secretary’s use of a private messaging app to discuss airstrikes in Yemen. By Robert Jimison Megan Mineiro and John Ismay ...