US Lawmakers Are Questioning US Defense Secretary’s Conduct in Office | DW News

Dec 6, 2025 | Democratic and some Republican lawmakers in the US are calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former TV-host — who now calls himself Secretary of War — to be fired after multiple scandals. The controversial official is under scrutiny after his latest orders to strike alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean which has been labeled as extrajudicial killings by some.

Hegseth LIED + Committed WAR CRIMES | Rep. Ted Lieu Press Conference

Dec 2, 2025 | A message for the members of the U.S. military: thank you for your service. Those of us who served know that part of the code of conduct is to not lie and accept responsibility. Unfortunately, Secretary Hegseth engaged in dishonorable conduct. Shame on Hegseth. He must resign.

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Hegseth Under Fire: Alleged ‘Kill Everyone’ Order Sparks Outrage Over Illegal 'Drug Boat' Killings

December 3, 2025

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Sen. Kelly Exposes Trump and Hegsath for Targeting Lawmakers, Military, and Citizens

Dec 1, 2025 | Senator Mark Kelly delivers a powerful speech condemning President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsath for threats, intimidation, and abuse of power.

Highlighting decades of service in the military, NASA, and public life, he vows not to be silenced while defending democracy, free speech, and the Constitution. Kelly warns about political bullying, government overreach, and the impact on everyday Americans.

Hegseth's Crimes and Noem's Defiance of the Courts Undermine America

Dec 1, 2025 | While Pete Hegseth commits murder in international waters, Kristi Noem continues to spew propaganda on TV and defy court orders. Steve Schmidt reacts to the unlawful actions of Trump's goons and explains why the American people need to take action.

The Trump administration in its entirety is a nightmare and a disaster. I suppose it is what is to be expected when you put unqualified, inexperienced, greedy, cruel, corrupt crooks and criminals in charge of your country’s government. At this rate, the world will be lucky to avoid a world conflagration. Lunatics are now in charge of the asylum! — © Mark Alexander

Could Hegseth Face War Crimes Probe for Killing Survivors of U.S. Boat Strike?

Dec 1, 2025 | Democracy Now! speaks with journalist Spencer Ackerman about the Trump administration's deadly, ongoing attacks on alleged "drug boats" amid reports President Trump is preparing to attack Venezuela, with all airspace surrounding Venezuela now closed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others are "turning the military into a criminal operation," says Ackerman. "This shows the moral degeneracy that the 'war on terror' has left as a legacy in the U.S. military."

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Hegseth Said “Kill Them All...

Aaron Parnas gives us more details of the murders.

Pete Hegseth Is Clowning an American Hero

Hegseth threatens Senator Mark Kelly.

U.S. War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches "Operation Southern Spear"

Nov 14, 2025 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to target suspected drug traffickers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. now has 15,000 military personnel in the region. Over the past two months the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. “80 people have been killed in what are extrajudicial executions under international law,” says Juan Pappier, Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch. The Pentagon claims the boats were carrying drugs but officials have acknowledged they don't know who has been killed.

“Progressives and people of goodwill — of the U.S. and Puerto Rico — it's time for those of us here to stand up and say that where we will not support any attempt to bring back the old gunboat diplomacy and to invade another Latin American country, and we need to do it soon, because this stuff is moving very quickly,” says Democracy Now!’s Juan González.


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‘Out of His League’: Pete Hegseth’s New Press Policy Puts His Paranoia on Full Display

Oct 14, 2025 | Oliver Darcy, Author of the newsletter “Status,” and Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer for The Atlantic join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Pete Hegseth’s absurd new rules for media organizations and reporters which essentially make it illegal for report anything that the Pentagon does not want reported on, how it shows his paranoia and his lack of depth for the job and how the goal by Hegseth and the Pentagon is to essentially expel all media, even conservative ones.

Media Outlets Refuse to Sign Hegseth’s Pentagon Press Rules

Oct 15, 2025 | Many media outlets - including the entire TV press pool - are refusing to sign Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s policy restricting the press' Pentagon access, escalating tensions over press freedom and government transparency. The Atlantic Staff Writer Ashley Parker, Democratic Strategist Julie Roginsky, and MSNBC Political Analyst Charlie Sykes join Chris Jansing to weigh in.

Trump Begins Military Takeover of America

Oct 6, 2025 | Trump and his regime have spent the last few weeks amassing military support and have now used that support to deploy on American streets. Steve Schmidt reacts to the deployment of troops in Chicago and Portland and explains why a war has begun on our own soil.

"Secretary of War" Pete Hegseth's Utter Lack of Leadership Is a Disgrace

Oct 4, 2025 | Earlier today, Steve Schmidt spoke with MSNBC's Ali Velshi about the total lack of credibility of the Trump regime, and the utter unfitness of Pete Hegseth as the leader of the US Armed Forces.

Trump Tells Military to Use American Cities as "Training Grounds"

Oct 1, 2025 | In a deranged, demeaning, and dangerous speech to our nation's military leadership - officer and enlisted alike - Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump may have thought they could inspire the men and women of the military to switch their loyalties from the Constitution to a tyrant. They were dead wrong.

The danger and dementia of Donald Trump was on full display as he addressed the leadership of America's armed forces. Trump tried to pit the military against the citizenry by saying the military should focus on "the enemy within." And he told them that they should use American cities as military "training grounds."

If there was any lingering question about Trump unfitness to be commander in chief of the armed forces, he cleared that up with a speech that was as un-American as it was dangerous, as this video discusses.

U.S. Military Attacked Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four Men, Hegseth Says

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It was the fourth strike in the Trump administration’s legally disputed campaign targeting suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.

The U.S. military killed four men aboard a boat in international waters near Venezuela, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday, in the first such strike since the Trump administration told Congress that the United States was engaged in a formal “armed conflict” with Latin American cartels.

In his posting, Mr. Hegseth accused the four dead men of having been smuggling narcotics, without offering evidence. He also asserted that they were “affiliated” with one of the cartels and gangs that the Trump administration has designated as foreign terrorist organizations, but did not specify which.

The strike was the fourth known attack by the U.S. military on boats in the Caribbean Sea dating back to Sept. 2. In all, the military has now summarily killed 21 people it says were smuggling drugs as if they were not criminal suspects but enemy soldiers in a war zone.

“Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route,” Mr. Hegseth wrote. “These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!” » | Charlie Savage | Reporting from Washington | Friday, October 3, 2025

En español:

El ejército de EE. UU. ataca otro barco cerca de Venezuela, según Hegseth: Se trata del cuarto ataque de la campaña del gobierno de Donald Trump contra presuntos narcotraficantes en el mar Caribe. »

Trump's Speech to Military Leaders PROVES He's Dangerously Unfit as Commander-in-Chief

Oct 3, 2025 | The minute Donald Trump told the military leadership that they should use American cities and the American people as "military training grounds" every member of the military leadership instantly knew that Trump is dangerously unfit to be commander in chief of the armed forces. In fact, urging the military to conduct war training operations in American cities and on the American people - who Trump called "the enemy from within", - makes clear that Trump is a domestic enemy of the Constitution.

I spoke with military law expert, law professor, and retired Army JAG officer [Judge Advocate General’s Corps] Dan Maurer about this dangerous development.

Michael Lambert: Pathetic Hegseth and Deluded Trump Insult the Intelligence of 800 Generals

Oct 4, 2025 | More ego, more exaggeration, more delusion? Another speech by Donald Trump has the world shaking their heads. From the White House to rallies across the USA, it's always the same old Trump news. What will he say next?

This week he and Pete Hegseth instructed 800 of the most senior military officers to attend at Quantica, Virginia where Hegseth gave a banal and patronising speech followed by Trump who rambled utter nonsense and lies for an hour and a half.

The event, in which Trump tried to warn the generals and admirals present that the United States was facing a 'war from within' and that they should be ready to deploy troops in US cities was a disaster.


Embarrassing and pathetic. — © Mark Alexander

Trump Preparing to Deploy Military on ‘Domestic Enemies’

Oct 1, 2025 | “The core of President Trump’s speech was how he wanted to use the military against the enemy within.”

In one of the “darkest speeches Trump’s made,” the “heavy emphasis” of using the US military domestically is “concerning” many military observers, says US Assistant Editor for The Times David Charter.

Trump and Hegseth Threaten America's Military

Oct 1, 2025 | After Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth spoke to America's military leaders, this regime's plans to take control of our military became crystal clear. Steve Schmidt reacts to the speeches at Quantico and explains why it's a dangerous sign of things to come.

America is being turned into a very sick, dangerous joke. — © Mark Alexander

Pete Hegseth Declares War on ‘Fat Generals’, ‘Woke Garbage’ and ‘Beardos’

THE IRISH TIMES: US defence secretary says all fitness tests to be set to male benchmarks, and emphasises importance of grooming standards

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth slammed “fat generals” and diversity initiatives that he said had led to decades of decay in the military, and told a rare gathering of commanders on Tuesday they should resign if they do not support his agenda.

Mr Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, was joined by US president Donald Trump, himself a former reality television host, for an on-camera event in Quantico, Virginia, that had a made-for-TV character to it, with generals and admirals assembled on short notice.

“Foolish and reckless political leaders set the wrong compass heading and we lost our way. We became the ‘Woke Department’,” Mr Hegseth said as he kicked off the event. “But not any more,” he said.

Addressing an auditorium full of top brass summoned from around the world without explanation last week, Mr Hegseth defended his firings of flag officers, which include the top US general, who is black, and the Navy’s top admiral, who is a woman. He said the officers he relieved were part of a broken culture. » | Reuters | Wednesday, October 1, 2025