In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military leaders said would be illegal — Pete Hegseth warned that service members had a duty to refuse unlawful orders from a potential President Trump.

Colin Jost recently stepped away from the " Weekend Update " desk to reprise his role as an angry, aggro Pete Hegseth.

President Trump didn't do much to help out his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during 'SNL' — but he did dream about Zohran Mamdani.

Colin Jost returned as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in an SNL skit mocking war crimes as Donald Trump's character seen dozing off and sleep-talking during cold open

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed he personally authorized the Trump administration's first strike on a suspected drug vessel off Venezuela and watched the operation live.

In the high-frequency churn of President Donald Trump’s first term, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s repeated missteps would have fueled guessing games about his imminent firing. In the second, he has maintained White House support — at least for now.

The scrutiny over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership at the Pentagon has been a long time coming on Capitol Hill.