Rep. Jason Crow (D, Colo.), another of the group of Democrats, reposted a clip of the Defense Secretary’s remarks on X, asking in his caption the same question as Kelly did: “What changed, Pete? Our Secretary of Defense is an unqualified and unserious person.”

According to images and screenshots shared of the meeting, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's title was misspelled on his placard, reading "Ssecretary of War." Snopes readers shared an image of Hegseth seated behind the apparently misspelt placard and asked us to ascertain whether the error was real.

The White House is standing by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after a report emerged surrounding a Sept. 2 operation against an apparent drug-carrying vessel near Venezuela. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi reports,

Pete Hegseth, the secretary of war, came under growing pressure from Democratic and Republican lawmakers who said that a second strike on the wreck of an alleged drug-smuggling vessel may have been a war crime.

White House confirms and defends second strike against alleged drug smugglers in Caribbean waters, amid Trump administration's anti-drug crusade.

The publisher of Franklin the Turtle condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of its children’s book character in a social media post making light of possible war crimes.