Hegseth defends strikes after WaPo ‘kill everybody’ story: ‘Fake news’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday defended the US military’s recent strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in response to a recent report by the Washington Post. “As always, fake news is creating more fabricated, inflammatory and defamatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to defend the homeland,” Hegseth said Friday evening. Source link

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Democrats blast FCC Chair Carr’s broadcast license threats as anti-First Amendment, ‘totalitarian’

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has drawn fierce backlash from Democratic lawmakers and free speech advocates for threatening to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over their coverage of the war in Iran. Carr on Saturday blasted broadcasters shortly after President Donald Trump called reports that Iran struck five U.S. tanker planes “fake news.”  In a post on X, Carr…

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