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Pete Hegseth

Arcs in the news about Pete Hegseth from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 507 stories · 4,084 articles · earliest story we hold Nov 13, 2024

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and 3 more active, listed under All arcs

All arcs12 named arcs in 2026

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Sep 1 – Sep 30, 20265 arcs shown · 4 more this September
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The Trump administration and the press: Hegseth's Pentagon press restrictions

1 of 16 stories this September · gone quiet

Federal judge allows Pentagon to fire three Stars and Stripes journalists · 25 articles, Sep 4
Hegseth's end to military DEI programs and his new grooming and fitness rules

1 of 18 stories this September

Service members must meet weight, grooming standards for Hegseth event: Report · 4 articles, Sep 17
Hegseth's removals of senior military officers and cuts to top ranks

7 of 19 stories this September

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon purge · 6 articles, Sep 1Hegseth removes 6 Army officers from promotion list · 15 articles, Sep 2Army leadership void fuels fears about Hegseth’s culture war fixation · 8 articles, Sep 2Hegseth’s pick faces competition in search for new Army secretary · 9 articles, Sep 2Trump names Adam Telle as acting Army secretary following the departure of Driscoll · 45 articles, Sep 3Congress needs to put a stop to Pete Hegseth’s purges · 7 articles, Sep 23Senators spurn Hegseth's pick amid jockeying for Army secretary nomination · 6 articles, Sep 28
The US military's strikes on alleged drug boats off Venezuela and in the Pacific

3 of 68 stories this September · 12 about Pete Hegseth

A timeline of US strikes on boats that have killed at least 230 · 10 articles, Sep 7US military says it killed 4 in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean · 23 articles, Sep 19U.N. investigator: U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats may be crimes against humanity · 4 articles, Sep 21
Rep. Thomas Massie's push to impeach Pete Hegseth

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Rep. Thomas Massie introduces impeachment against Pete Hegseth · 69 articles, Sep 15Speaker Johnson recesses the House early as Rep. Thomas Massie pushes Hegseth impeachment · 40 articles, Sep 16House races for exit, avoiding vote on Hegseth impeachment · 6 articles, Sep 17GOP's Tillis supports Hegseth impeachment resolution: 'He needs to go' · 8 articles, Sep 18
The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks · Jan 10, 2024 – Sep 26, 2026The US-Iran war: strikes and their immediate aftermath · Jan 9 – Sep 25, 2026The US-Iran war: passage through the Strait of Hormuz · Feb 17 – Sep 28, 2026The US-Iran war: Congress's war powers votes and the fight over the war · Feb 28 – Sep 28, 2026

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else108 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Pete Hegseth that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Sep 29Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms7 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
  2. Sep 28– 29Hegseth instructs Pentagon to defend 2026 elections from 'foreign actors'24 articles · 17 independent sources
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  3. Sep 28Other Papers Say: Congress must stop Hegseth2 articles · 2 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right
  4. Sep 21– 22Hegseth to chair Pentagon’s new Homeland Defense advisory board5 articles · 5 independent sources
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  5. Sep 11Trump links Iran war to 9/11 in 25th anniversary speech at Pentagon: ‘That’s why we fight today’10 articles · 9 independent sources
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  6. Sep 6– 9Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, September 99 articles · 7 independent sources
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  7. Sep 2– 4Pentagon temporarily rescinds mandatory testosterone testing guidance23 articles · 23 independent sources
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  8. Sep 2– 3Tillis urges Trump to fire Hegseth over 'inept management' of military29 articles · 19 independent sources
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  9. Aug 30– Sep 1The Pentagon Handed Conservative Influencers Government Emails — And Still Won't Say Why6 articles · 6 independent sources
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  10. Aug 30– 31Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations8 articles · 8 independent sources
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Stories that name Pete Hegseth

  1. Sep 27– 28Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to have private White House dinner with Trump27 articles · 19 independent sources
    3 left, 5 center, 4 right
  2. Sep 25– 26Federal appeals court rules Pentagon’s blacklist of Anthropic was legal25 articles · 22 independent sources
    5 left, 6 center, 5 right
  3. Sep 25– 26Federal court says US government can label Anthropic a supply chain risk17 articles · 15 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 4 right
  4. Sep 23McConnell Leads Republicans in Demanding Trump Release Funding and Weapons to Taiwan2 articles · 2 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right
  5. Sep 22Pentagon Launches Joint Warfighting Evaluation to Promote Generals Based on Battlefield Skills3 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 3 right
  6. Sep 21– 22Jake and Logan Paul Give Speech at Pentagon: What They Said5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  7. Sep 19Democrats call for investigation into faulty AI-generated intel report9 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  8. Sep 18– 19The Pentagon is moving forward with mandatory testosterone testing for most male troops33 articles · 24 independent sources
    4 left, 6 center, 0 right
  9. Sep 16Iowa Republicans in battleground House races vote to halt the Iran war11 articles · 10 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  10. Sep 8– 13In Photos: Remembering the Sept. 11 Attacks, 25 Years Later162 articles · 69 independent sources
    10 left, 33 center, 9 right

Local coverage

  1. Sep 10Stars and Stripes paper the latest casualty of ‘friendly’ fire | Virginian-Pilot6 articles · 1 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  2. Jul 29– 30Testosterone isn't the cure8 articles · 2 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 1 right
  3. Jul 22– 27When it comes to war in Iran, Congress must wield power of the purse5 articles · 3 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
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