- Hegseth tightens control at Pentagon, defiant and more confident than ever The Washington Post
- Insiders Spill on ‘Untouchable’ Pentagon Pete’s Crazed Power Grab The Daily Beast
- Pete Hegseth ‘emboldened’ by firing of top military officials’: report The Independent
- Republican lawmakers increasingly concerned over Hegseth’s ideological military Salon.com
- Hegseth clashes with Democrats over Iran war, Pentagon firings The Hill