- Scoop: Trump team sets red line on Hegseth’s FBI background check Axios
- Top Senators on Armed Services Panel Briefed on F.B.I. Probe of Hegseth The New York Times
- FBI questions people from Hegseth’s past ahead of Senate confirmation hearing: Sources ABC News
- Democrats Raise Alarm Over Pete Hegseth’s FBI Check: ‘Cover-Up’ Newsweek
