The photo of Hegseth and his wife originally included JD Vance in the foreground but he was unceremoniously cropped out of the picture, which was taken by Kent Nishimura for Getty Images. Hegseth frequently rails against the “mainstream media” but apparently likes their photographs.

The Pentagon clarified on Thursday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth thinks women should have the right to vote, despite his sharing of CNN reporting which featured religious leaders he supports saying they would back the repealing of the 19th Amendment.

The man who oversees the nation’s military has reposted a video on X, formerly Twitter, about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote and should “submit” to their husbands.

Trump invoked Section 740 of the 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act, allowing federal control for 30 days, with congressional approval required for extensions.

Fox News Saturday Night' host Jimmy Failla discusses the Trump administration's physical fitness challenge on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has expressed pride in being part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a conservative Christian network.

The Christian nationalist movement’s embrace of people like this can be understood in much the same way as the massive hoard of pornography found on the outwardly pious Osama bin Laden’s hard drives after his death: It shows that terrorism was his primary commitment, and his religion was a situationally dispensable secondary matter.

During a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee several weeks ago in June, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth got into a heated exchange with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Hegseth desperately tried to dodge and avoid answering Warren's questions.