Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has launched a far-reaching probe into online comments by Defense Department personnel after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, turning a smoldering controversy into a full-blown test of military discipline and speech.

The Defense Department is significantly changing its policy of interacting with Congress, according to a new, five-page memo obtained by NBC News

Some Democrats are accusing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of curtailing Congress’s oversight role with his recent order instructing Defense Department personnel to coordinate all interactions

The “broad spectrum” of media figures covering the department now includes correspondents from the right, the far right and the conspiratorial fringe.

"I've thought of just ordering lots of pizza on random nights just to throw everybody off," Hegseth said on Sunday.

The Trump administration has accepted a $130 million donation from an anonymous source in order to pay military service members during the ongoing government shutdown.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that his department has carried out a second deadly strike in the Pacific Ocean, killing three people he described as “terrorists.” In a post made to X less than eight hours after his previous post announcing the Trump administration’s first strike on a vessel in the Pacific,

The combination of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth banning Pentagon officials from speaking with lawmakers without approval, combined with the uptick in unprovoked attacks on boats reportedly containing supposed narco-traffickers,