Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial chief of staff, who played a central role in a power struggle that gripped the Pentagon, will exit the agency today. Joe Kasper was originally ...

Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 26, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / ) Pete Hegseth, the defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to rein in the chaos at the Pentagon are only creating more internal turmoil, according to a report from The Washington Post. The Post, citing unnamed ...

The instability Hegseth is accused of bringing to the Pentagon is also said to be a factor in his failure to inform the White ...

Joe Kasper, Hegseth’s former chief of staff, who was at the center of the controversy, also departed the Pentagon, as did former top spokesman John Ullyot, who penned a blistering op-ed in ...

Hegseth earlier this month fired three top aides: including his aide, Dan Caldwell, his deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick, and the chief of staff to the deputy defense secretary, Colin Carroll.

Key Background. Hegseth, 44, a former Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran who served stints in Afghanistan and Iraq, is one of Trump’s most controversial nominees and was narrowly ...

The same aide pointed to the departure of Hegseth’s senior staff last week — including Colin Carroll, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick — as a potential reset opportunity, even as others have ...

Hegseth and the Trump Administration faced heavy criticism about the implications for ... downplayed the controversy, ... along with former deputy defense secretary chief of staff Colin ...