Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth caused a stir on Sunday (March 8) when he sat down with 60 Minutes reporter Major Garrett for an interview about the ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran.

The defense secretary was slammed on social media for a joke he made in front of Latin American leaders.

Secretary Pete Hegseth says it's President Trump who will set the terms of Iran's surrender, noting the U.S. is confident it will come, even as Iran's president said the U.S. demand for "unconditional surrender" is "a dream that they should take to their grave.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth updated the press on Operation Epic Fury at the Pentagon, but viewers mocked his speech as jargon-laden during the Iran military strikes briefing

California Governor Gavin Newsom has mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following revelations about the Pentagon’s eye-popping spending spree on luxury items. The Democratic governor’s office

The Pentagon reportedly spent lavishly on doughnuts, ice cream machines and stickers — “and despite all that, nobody came to Pete Hegseth’s birthday party,” Stephen Colbert said.

AI researchers at Google and OpenAI back Anthropic in alleging government retaliation for policy disagreement.

The BBC's mistranslation of War Secretary Pete Hegseth's Monday speech about Iran changed "regime" to "people" in Persian broadcast, making it appear the U.S. targeted Iranian citizens.