War Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested he would use Signal again to discuss military operations, even after a recently-released report from the War Department‘s inspector general found that his use of ...

James LaPorta is a national security coordinating producer in CBS News' Washington bureau. He is a former U.S. Marine infantryman and veteran of the Afghanistan war. The report found the former Fox ...

The Signalgate scandal that enveloped US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in March appears to be symptomatic of a wider lax attitude towards the use of non-approved messaging apps by officials and ...

A Pentagon inspector general report concluded that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth sent sensitive, nonpublic strike information over the encrypted app Signal using his personal phone, a violation of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Pentagon policy that prohibits use of a personal device for official business when he used a Signal chat to discuss military strike plans and failed to properly ...

The Pentagon on Wednesday released a highly critical inspector general report that found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy by using the Signal app ...

A highly anticipated report from the Defense Department’s inspector general found that Secretary Pete Hegseth endangered troops when he sent detailed information regarding the quantity and timing of U ...

The inspector general concluded that the defense secretary violated the Pentagon’s instructions on using a private electronic device to share sensitive information. By John Ismay Reporting from ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Oct. 15, 2025. (Omar Havana/AP) A Pentagon inspector general report confirmed ...

The Pentagon's watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military ...