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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s evasive and smirking answers to questions about his firing respected military officials at the Pentagon earned him a dressing down Wednesday from Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), a retired Air Force officer.

Under questioning about the Pentagon purge initiated by the former Fox News weekend host, who was tapped by Donald Trump to oversee the Pentagon, the Pennsylvania Democrat focused on the firing of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, which has also alarmed Republican lawmakers.

Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk broke her silence on a security incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner by suggesting that her own life was in danger.

Dressed in all black on "The Charlie Kirk Show" on Wednesday, the widow painted suspect Cole Allen's alleged attack on the dinner as a battle against evil.

In an interview with Australia’s “60 Minutes,” Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) revealed new details this week about alleged child abuse at Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico property after having reviewed unredacted Epstein-related files at the Justice Department (DOJ) headquarters.

Epstein’s New Mexico property was known as Zorro Ranch, a sprawling complex situated on 7,600 acres that was reportedly central to Epstein’s disturbing plan to “seed the human race with his DNA,” and is also alleged to be the burial site of “two foreign girls,” according to an FBI tip recently released by the DOJ.

A California Democrat mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to his face for mixing up dialogue from the 1994 film "Pulp Fiction" with a biblical passage.

The self-styled "secretary of war" repeated an air rescue group's prayer based on Ezekiel 25:17 and borrowed from a monologue delivered in the film by actor Samuel L. Jackson during a recent Pentagon service, and Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) brought up the episode as Hegseth testified before the House Armed Services Committee.

The Republican chair of the House Armed Forces Committee did not allow Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to respond to accusations that he is incompetent as he reached for his microphone after a Democratic lawmaker gave him a tongue-lashing on Wednesday.

After Hegseth earlier complained to Rep. John Garamendi (D-CSA) about his reference to the Iran war as a "quagmire,” the Democratic lawmaker lectured the former Fox News personality.

Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) triggered outrage from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he called President Donald Trump's war in Iran a "quagmire."

"Secretary Hegseth, you have been lying to the American public about this war from day one, and so has the President," Garamendi said during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing on Wednesday. "You have misled the public about why we are at war. You and the President have offered ever-changing reasons for this war. You've misled the public about the progress of the war."

CNN's Harry Enten was so worked up over "mind-blowing" new polling on President Donald Trump and the economy that his voice cracked.

Inflation remains the top concern for American voters, just as it was when they elected the 79-year-old president to a second term in 2024, but polls show Trump's approval on the issue has sunk to a historic low.

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) had to fight for speaking time during a contentious confrontation with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday morning, at one time having to exclaim, “Whoa, whoa, whoa,” to get the Donald Trump appointee to hush.

As the ranking Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee, Smith got the first shot at the former Fox News personality and was barely able to finish his questions before the amped up Hegseth began spouting talking points about the success of the Iran war that has continued to drag on.