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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 · 4,085 articles · earliest story we hold Nov 13, 2024

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and 3 more active, listed under All arcs

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Dec 1 – Dec 31, 20254 arcs shown · 2 more this December
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The Trump administration and the press: Hegseth's Pentagon press restrictions

1 of 16 stories this December · gone quiet

New York Times sues the Pentagon · 30 articles, Dec 4
The Signal chat leak of US strike plans on Yemen

2 of 22 stories this December · gone quiet

Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to U.S. personnel, AP sources say · 49 articles, Dec 3Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations · 11 articles, Dec 3
The US military's strikes on alleged drug boats off Venezuela and in the Pacific

17 of 68 stories this December · 12 about Pete Hegseth

Trump ‘wouldn’t have wanted’ second strike on Caribbean boat survivors · 6 articles, Dec 1Do Americans support Trump’s boat strikes? It’s complicated. · 9 articles, Dec 1Lawmakers to hear from Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors · 21 articles, Dec 1White House says admiral ordered follow-on strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful · 25 articles, Dec 1GOP senator: Hegseth is either lying about second boat strike or incompetent · 5 articles, Dec 2Publisher condemns 'violent' use of Franklin the Turtle after Pete Hegseth's boat strike post · 18 articles, Dec 2Hegseth cites ‘fog of war’ in defending follow-on strike on alleged drug boat · 22 articles, Dec 2Trump calls his Cabinet to meet amid scrutiny over boat strikes · 8 articles, Dec 2Family of Colombian fisherman killed in US boat strike files complaint alleging he was murdered · 9 articles, Dec 3Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny from Congress over boat strikes · 16 articles, Dec 3US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive · 9 articles, Dec 5Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats, says Trump can order use of force ‘as he sees fit’ · 19 articles, Dec 6US military says 2 strikes on alleged drug boats kill 5 in eastern Pacific · 48 articles, Dec 16U.S. strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific · 11 articles, Dec 23US military strikes 5 more alleged drug boats, killing 8 and possibly leaving survivors · 22 articles, Dec 30US military carries out 30th strike on alleged drug boat · 6 articles, Dec 30US strikes vessel in eastern Pacific, killing 2 'narco-terrorists,' officials say · 6 articles, Dec 30
Hegseth's case against Sen. Mark Kelly for urging troops to refuse illegal orders

1 of 10 stories this December · gone quiet

Sen. Mark Kelly Calls Pentagon Investigation Into His Remarks a Move to Chill Military Dissent · 12 articles, Dec 16
The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks · Jan 10, 2024 – Sep 26, 2026The US military and pressure campaign to oust Nicolás Maduro · Aug 8, 2025 – Apr 29, 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 else97 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

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

  1. Dec 19– 20U.S. launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters after American deaths55 articles · 38 independent sources
    2 left, 11 center, 7 right
  2. Nov 26– 27Hegseth says Trump has requested 500 more National Guard troops in DC16 articles · 15 independent sources
    3 left, 3 center, 7 right
  3. Nov 7South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters8 articles · 8 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 1 right
  4. Nov 3Hegseth Visits Inter-Korean Border Ahead of Security Talks With South Korean Officials6 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right
  5. Oct 31Hegseth Orders the Military to Detail Dozens of Attorneys to the Justice Department9 articles · 9 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 0 right
  6. Oct 22Hegseth cracks down on Pentagon staff speaking to Congress14 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 2 right
  7. Oct 17– 18Pentagon Slams Netflix’s Boots as “Woke Garbage”9 articles · 9 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 2 right
  8. Oct 15Plane carrying Secretary of War Pete Hegseth makes unscheduled landing in U.K. due to cracked windshield12 articles · 10 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 6 right
  9. Oct 14News organizations, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 0 right
  10. Oct 10– 11US announces it will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility in Idaho36 articles · 29 independent sources
    1 left, 10 center, 11 right

Stories that name Pete Hegseth

  1. Dec 26– 28U.S. launches strikes against Islamic State group in Nigeria after attacks target Christians149 articles · 76 independent sources
    11 left, 21 center, 17 right
  2. Dec 132 US Army soldiers, interpreter killed in Syria ambush attack16 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 3 right
  3. Dec 10House Democrat files impeachment articles against RFK Jr.12 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 3 right
  4. Nov 1– 3Trump suggests U.S. could take military action in Nigeria over killings of Christians57 articles · 38 independent sources
    6 left, 15 center, 8 right
  5. Oct 18– 19Vance attends Marine Corps 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton17 articles · 4 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 2 right
  6. Oct 11– 12Trump orders Pentagon to use available funds to pay troops amid government shutdown39 articles · 30 independent sources
    1 left, 13 center, 3 right
  7. Oct 5– 6Amid a government shutdown, Trump joins Navy's anniversary celebration28 articles · 17 independent sources
    2 left, 6 center, 4 right
  8. Sep 30– Oct 1Trump calls for using US cities as 'training ground' for military in unusual speech to generals14 articles · 13 independent sources
    2 left, 7 center, 2 right
  9. Sep 29Oregon leaders say Trump is deploying 200 National Guard troops within the state14 articles · 14 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 0 right
  10. Sep 28– 29Oregon sues to block Trump’s National Guard deployment28 articles · 22 independent sources
    2 left, 9 center, 7 right
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