A highly anticipated report from the Defense Department’s inspector general found that Secretary Pete Hegseth endangered troops when he sent detailed information regarding the quantity and timing of U.

It follows a controversial week for Hegseth, who was accused of issuing a potentially illegal “kill everyone” order before on a suspected drug boat on Sept. 2. Hegseth and the White House shifted the blame to Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the operational commander who ordered that two survivors of the initial strike be killed.

Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked endangering troops when he relayed information about Yemen strike on Signal a commercial messaging app: Sources.

Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat who sits on the Armed Services Committee, said that the report found Hegseth was in violation of Pentagon regulations. “They very clearly stated he should not be using his cellphone and putting this kind of information on an unclassified system,” he told reporters on Capitol Hill.

The inspector general concluded that the defense secretary violated the Pentagon’s instructions on using a private electronic device to share sensitive information.

The Pentagon inspector general found War Secretary Pete Hegseth violated policy by sharing strike details on the Signal app, creating operational security risks.

Pentagon officials told NATO allies in Europe that they must assume responsibility for the majority of the alliance’s non-nuclear defense capabilities from the U.S. by 2027, according to a Reuters report, citing five sources familiar with the discussion.

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki weighed in Thursday on the discourse around Pentagon media access, calling out the new “press corps” for consisting of mostly conservative