- Hegseth, advocate for firing ‘woke’ military leaders, picked for defense secretary Reuters
- Trump’s defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host’s experience The Associated Press
- Column | The Hegseth nomination is a multilayered Trump loyalty test The Washington Post
- ‘We are in a new place’: Bernstein reacts to Hegseth’s comments about women in combat roles CNN
- ‘Who?’ Some Republican senators surprised by Trump’s defense pick NBC News