The White House on Monday issued a blistering rebuke of National Public Radio in a short post. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote, “This ?@NPR ? story is total FAKE NEWS based on one anonymous source who clearly has no idea what they are talking about.”

It’s the latest media report over the past week targeting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with claims of mismanaging sensitive information while running the Defense Department into a shambles.

All this is happening as Hegseth and his top aides work to remove Pentagon employees who are not on the same page with the secretary’s plans for the department.

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