U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth​ reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic pressure from China.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined veterans in Normandy, France, on Friday to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings.

The Pentagon watchdog is looking into whether any of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staffers was asked to delete Signal messages that may have shared sensitive military information with a reporter.

Hegseth has already has faced questions over the installation of an unsecured internet line in his office that bypassed Pentagon security protocols and revelations that he shared details about US military strikes in multiple Signal chats.

The office of the Pentagon’s inspector general is reportedly looking into whether any of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s aides were asked to delete his infamous Signal messages about the then-impending U.