- GOP senators defend Hegseth after private meeting Axios
- Pete Hegseth’s Secret History The New Yorker
- Trump Defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth’s mother accused her son of mistreating women, The New York Times reports MSNBC
- After Pete Hegseth meeting, Republican senators brush aside misconduct allegations NBC News
- GOP insiders sought Hegseth’s removal as leader of veterans’ group in 2016 CBS News