Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has seen yet another senior military commander quit their job early on his watch amid claims of tensions between the pair. Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, the head of U.S. Southern Command who has been leading the U.

NPR’s Tom Bowman, who has covered the Pentagon for 28 years, publicly surrendered his own credentials in protest of the “unprecedented” policy rather than abide by the restrictions. The Pentagon’s own spokespeople rarely brief the press anyway, Bowman noted in an op-ed:

US military personnel have until the end of the month to either watch the speech or read the transcript of the defense secretary's comments.

In 2019, Pete Hegseth used his pulpit on Fox News to rail against the “injustice” of a Navy Seal “warrior” being charged for stabbing a 17-year-old Islamic State prisoner in the neck.

Major television networks, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox News, are expected to release a joint statement rejecting media access "pledge."

"Watch as Gavin Newsom shatters Pete Hegseth's 'Alpha Male Energy' in just 10 seconds. You won't believe what happens next! 😂

Oliver Darcy, Author of the newsletter “Status,” and Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer for The Atlantic join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Pete Hegseth’s absurd new rules for media organizations and reporters which essentially make it illegal for report anything that the Pentagon does not want reported on,

Pete Hegseth's Defense Department has threatened to revoke press credentials of news organization that do not agree to restrictive new coverage rules -- and bar them from physical access to the Pentagon's grounds.

During a House Appropriations Committee hearing in June, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at Congressman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) when exposed for the poor conditions that National Guard troops were subjected to during their deployment in Los Angeles.