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Pete Hegseth has been the subject of multiple public controversies since his rise from Fox commentator to Pentagon official, including a high-profile “Signalgate” leak of private chat messages, allega...
Court rulings, lawsuits, audits and reporting in 2025 show multiple instances where U.S. citizens were detained by immigration agents and at least some of those detentions were later challenged succes...
Available reporting shows no definitive public finding that President Trump issued an explicitly illegal military order; several outlets describe controversial deployments (including a federal judge r...
Media outlets and political actors have variously described Pete Hegseth as a decorated Army National Guard officer who rose to the rank of major with multiple deployments, while critics and some outl...
President Trump has publicly denounced Democratic lawmakers who encouraged service members to “refuse illegal orders,” calling their message “seditious” and at times suggesting extreme punishment; Reu...
Historical U.S. prosecutions for following or issuing unlawful orders include high-profile cases such as Lt. William L. Calley Jr. (My Lai), which set a precedent that “just following orders” is not a...