Pete Hegseth's Indefensible Lie
- Newsrooms
- 22
- Last 3 hours
- 3 reports
- Momentum
- Surging
1 in the 3 before
Rising
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Where it’s heading
Probably peaked. Likely 20 to 21 newsrooms by 6:46am AEDT. Calls like this were right 92% of the time. How we knowAgainst the past week
More newsrooms than 99% of the past week’s 3691 stories, and number 18 of 1568 in News.
1File photo: Pete Hegseth
Tuesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is a “war criminal.” Jayapal said, “This is not about policy disagreements. I sit on the Judiciary Committee, and I can tell you that the The post Pramila Jayapal: ‘Pete Hegseth Is a War Criminal
RealClearPolitics didn’t include a summary, so this is Breitbart’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
19 developments since Fri 6 Nov. 14 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 Indefensible Lie
You’re here22 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
- Massie suggests DeSantis as war secretary if Hegseth ousted in impeachment push
17 newsrooms. Linked by Hegseth, Massie, Pete, impeach, defend, push
The story so far
22 newsroomsRising- Reports
- 27
- Newsrooms and sources
- 22
- Last 3 hours
- 3
Rising: more reports in the last three hours than the three before (3 in the last three hours, 1 in the three before).
First with it: Sky News, 1 day before anyone else.
Reported by 22 newsrooms.
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 | 0 |
| Mon | 1 |
| Tue | 15 |
| Today | 11 |

