The denial came with a snarl. In front of Easter decorations and cameras, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth went to war — not with foreign enemies, but with the media, anonymous leakers, and a narrative that he’d lost Trump’s trust. Accusations of secret Yemen intel on Signal. NPR walk-backs. Democrats demanding his resignation. Trump doubling down, then doub… Continues… Under the pastel calm of the Easter Egg Roll, Hegseth framed the controversy as a knife fight over power inside the Pentagon. He cast himself as the target of “disgruntled former employees” and a media machine still obsessed with anonymous sources and...
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