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Pete Hegseth

Claim Hegseth donated $12.9M to Minnesota homeless shelters doesn't add up

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Aug. 13, 2025

The rumor spread as Trump called on the National Guard to relocate the homeless in Washington, D.C.

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Unpacking claim Hegseth believes women shouldn't have the right to vote

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Aug. 11, 2025

The defense secretary shared a CNN report on a church he has attended in which elders said only ...

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Posts claim Trump admin erased content on WWII nurse Ruby Bradley. Here's the truth

Written by: Taija PerryCook

July 18, 2025

Without evidence, social media posts said the president called the veteran a "loser.

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Beware of claim Hegseth paid for funerals of 90 Air India crash victims

Written by: Laerke Christensen

July 8, 2025

Air India said it was providing "comprehensive financial assistance" to families of victims of t ...

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DOD denies content on WWII icon Ruby Bradley will be removed, despite rumors

Written by: Taija PerryCook

May 5, 2025

The Department of Defense shut down online rumors it would delete the decorated U.S. veteran's h ...

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13 rumors about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth we've fact-checked

Written by: Rae Deng

May 2, 2025

The former Fox News presenter has been subject to numerous claims, true and false, both before a ...

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12 rumors about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Written by: Rae Deng

April 30, 2025

Yes, his mother once accused him of being an "abuser of women." No, he does not have Nazi tattoos.

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No proof Germany arrested Russian spies who had Pete Hegseth's number in their cellphones

Written by: Laerke Christensen

April 29, 2025

Online claims drew context and quotes from the arrest of two suspected German-Russian spies in 2 ...

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Posts correctly claim Trump was at golf club during dignified transfer of U.S. soldiers' remains

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

April 8, 2025

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended the ceremony on behalf of the Trump administration.

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Don't fall for Pete Hegseth rumor claiming he stormed off Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show'

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 1, 2025

Despite misleading YouTube videos, U.S. President Donald Trump's defense secretary has never bee ...

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Investigating rumor claiming Pete Hegseth owned Russian email address

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 28, 2025

Users discussed the rumor about the U.S. secretary of defense following the leak of military att ...

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Trump officials may have texted classified info to group chat with journalist. Here's the complete breakdown

Written by: Taija PerryCook

March 28, 2025

Here's what we know about whether officials shared classified intel in leaked group chat that in ...

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DOD removed, then restored, page about Bea Arthur's WWII military service

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 26, 2025

Arthur's biography on the U.S. DOD website, published in 2021, described her enlistment in the M ...

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What we know about U.S. military's anti-DEI removal of Emily Perez footage, photos

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

March 25, 2025

Perez was the first Black female officer to die in combat in Iraq in 2006.

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Unpacking claim of Colin Powell's name disappearing from Arlington Cemetery webpage

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 24, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called the rumor "fake." Here's what happened.

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Investigating claim of Colin Powell's name being removed from Arlington Cemetery website

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 21, 2025

Some people alleged U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth oversaw the removal of Powell's biogr ...

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DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes — then restored one, with changes

Written by: Caroline Wazer

March 19, 2025

In 1945, Hayes was one of six men famously photographed raising an American flag on Iwo Jima.

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Links to pages about Black, Hispanic and female veterans missing from Arlington National Cemetery's website

Written by: Laerke Christensen

March 17, 2025

The links disappeared from the cemetery's website after the Pentagon ordered a "digital content ...

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Arlington National Cemetery removed links to webpages about Black, Hispanic and female veterans

Written by: Laerke Christensen

March 14, 2025

Arlington National Cemetery removed the links after the officials ordered a "digital content ref ...

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Trump's inner circle: Get to know his Cabinet

Written by: Jack Izzo Taija PerryCook

March 2, 2025

While Trump isn't new to the White House this year, most people he's surrounded himself with are.

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