The Pentagon on Wednesday released a highly critical inspector general report that found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy by using the Signal app ...

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 violated Pentagon policy that prohibits use of a personal device for official business when he used a Signal chat to discuss military strike plans and failed to properly ...

The Signalgate scandal that enveloped US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in March appears to be symptomatic of a wider lax attitude towards the use of non-approved messaging apps by officials and ...

The Pentagon’s watchdog found that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth put US personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military ...

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (R) looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC.

A highly anticipated report from the Defense Department’s inspector general found that Secretary Pete Hegseth endangered troops when he sent detailed information regarding the quantity and timing of U ...

The inspector general’s office found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not break any rules, as he had authority to declassify the information. (EPA Images pic) The Pentagon’s independent ...

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said a new report from the Pentagon’s inspector general “confirms” that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s use of ...

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