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Trump thanks US troops for war on Iran and defends Pete Hegseth

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Newsrooms: 17
Last 3 hours: 1 report
Momentum: Slowing

Reports per hour, last 24 hours

How the coverage splits

28%33%39%

Against the past week

More newsrooms than 98% of the past week’s 4037 stories, and number 33 of 1727 in News.

File photo: Pete Hegseth

As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, Delaware Sen. Chris Coons is poised to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, succeeding retiring Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. A staunch supporter of Ukraine and a critic of President Trump's war with Iran, Coons would take the helm a

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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

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The story so far

17 newsroomsCooling

Reports: 20
Newsrooms and sources: 17
Last 3 hours: 1
Last 24 hours

Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (1 in the last three hours, 6 in the three before).

First with it: The Hill, 1 hr 18 min before anyone else.

Reported by 17 newsrooms.

Counted as one newsroom each, because they ran the same copy: The Straits Times and CNA and The Hindu (the same headline).

Day	Reports
Fri	0
Sat	0
Sun	0
Mon	0
Tue	0
Wed	3
Today	17

Time	Newsroom	Total
Wed, 11 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	The Hill	1
Wed, 11 Nov, 3:17am AEDT	Newsweek	2
Wed, 11 Nov, 11:30am AEDT	Deadline	3
Wed, 11 Nov, 4:03pm AEDT	The American Conservative	4
Thu, 12 Nov, 1:10am AEDT	Al Jazeera	5
Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	Hot Air	6
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:50am AEDT	The Washington Times	7
Thu, 12 Nov, 5:00am AEDT	The Independent	8
Thu, 12 Nov, 5:32am AEDT	Fox News	9
Thu, 12 Nov, 6:06am AEDT	Metro	10
Thu, 12 Nov, 6:30am AEDT	BBC News	11
Thu, 12 Nov, 7:04am AEDT	Just the News	12
Thu, 12 Nov, 7:30am AEDT	South China Morning Post	13
Thu, 12 Nov, 8:16am AEDT	New York Post	14
Thu, 12 Nov, 8:16am AEDT	The Straits Times	15
Thu, 12 Nov, 10:40am AEDT	PBS News	16
Thu, 12 Nov, 1:23pm AEDT	Middle East Eye	17

Time	Source	Total
Wed, 11 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	The Hill	1
Wed, 11 Nov, 3:17am AEDT	Newsweek	2
Wed, 11 Nov, 11:30am AEDT	Deadline	3
Wed, 11 Nov, 4:03pm AEDT	The American Conservative	4
Thu, 12 Nov, 1:10am AEDT	Al Jazeera	5
Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	Hot Air	6
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:50am AEDT	The Washington Times	7
Thu, 12 Nov, 5:00am AEDT	The Independent	8
Thu, 12 Nov, 5:32am AEDT	Fox News	9
Thu, 12 Nov, 6:06am AEDT	Metro	10
Thu, 12 Nov, 6:30am AEDT	BBC News	11
Thu, 12 Nov, 7:04am AEDT	Just the News	12
Thu, 12 Nov, 7:30am AEDT	South China Morning Post	13
Thu, 12 Nov, 8:16am AEDT	New York Post	14
Thu, 12 Nov, 8:16am AEDT	The Straits Times	15
Thu, 12 Nov, 8:54am AEDT	CNA	16
Thu, 12 Nov, 9:37am AEDT	The Hindu	17
Thu, 12 Nov, 10:01am AEDT	Just the News	18
Thu, 12 Nov, 10:40am AEDT	PBS News	19
Thu, 12 Nov, 1:23pm AEDT	Middle East Eye	20

Trump thanks US troops for war on Iran and defends Pete Hegseth

Background: Pete Hegseth

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Trump thanks US troops for war on Iran and defends Pete Hegseth

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