How Pete Hegseth suddenly went from ‘out the door’ to safe as houses
- Newsrooms
- 24
- Last 3 hours
- 6 reports
- Momentum
- Surging
1 in the 3 before
Accelerating
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Against the past week
More newsrooms than 99% of the past week’s 3934 stories, and number 19 of 1674 in News.Part of a bigger story
Pete Hegseth: 20 developments since Fri 6 Nov.
1File photo: Pete Hegseth
‘Look out, Melania,’ Kimmel joked during his monologue Tuesday night
The Age didn’t include a summary, so this is The Independent’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: Pete Hegseth
Peter Brian Hegseth is an American politician, U.S. Army veteran, and former television personality who has been serving as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025.4
The bigger story: Pete Hegseth
20 developments since Fri 6 Nov. 15 more since this one.
- Pete Hegseth’s impeachment escape hatch slams shut after Trump ally's snub: report
1 newsroom. Linked by Pete Hegseth, escape, hatch
- With Trump's backing, Hegseth vows to fight impeachment
22 newsrooms. Linked by Hegseth, Pete, Pete Hegseth, impeachment, shut
- Jeffries Backs Hegseth Impeachment
18 newsrooms. Linked by Hegseth, Pete, backs, impeachment, impeach, expect
Pete Hegseth's entourage gets a lesson in Arlington Cemetery etiquette
You’re here24 newsrooms. Linked by Pete Hegseth, Hegseth, republican, vote, impeach, brief
- Pete Hegseth Faces Impeachment Vote After Republican Introduces Resolution
4 newsrooms. Linked by Hegseth, Pete, impeachment, vote, chief, republican
- Trump Hits Back At Dems Over Threats To Impeach Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr.
1 newsroom. Linked by Pete, Hegseth, dems, impeach
The story so far
24 newsrooms- Reports
- 34
- Newsrooms and sources
- 24
- Last 3 hours
- 6
Accelerating: reports are coming in at least twice as fast as three hours before (6 in the last three hours, 1 in the three before).
First with it: Sky News, 1 day before anyone else.
Reported by 24 newsrooms.
Counted as one newsroom each, because they ran the same copy: The Age, Brisbane Times, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald (all Nine).
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Reports a day, last 7 days
| Day | Stories |
|---|---|
| Thu | 0 |
| Fri | 0 |
| Sat | 0 |
| Sun | 1 |
| Mon | 2 |
| Tue | 20 |
| Today | 11 |
Where the coverage is from
Sources and credits
- 1
Photo: U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- 2
The Age: How Pete Hegseth suddenly went from ‘out the door’ to safe as houses
- 3
The Independent: Kimmel says Hegseth ‘kissed the royal a**’ in his plea not to be impeached
- 4
Background: “Pete Hegseth”, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)


