Hegseth’s Signal use is under investigation by the Defense Department’s acting inspector general at the request of the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The senior Democratic member, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, urged the watchdog Sunday to probe the reported second chat as well.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused "the entire Pentagon" of working against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Monday morning on "FOX & Friends." KAROLINE LEAVITT: The president stands strongly behind Secretary Pete Hegseth,

President Donald Trump stands behind U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, after reports that he shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife,