Pete Hegseth and Jennifer Griffin were colleagues at Fox News Channel. But on Thursday, as defense secretary, Hegseth attacked Pentagon reporter Griffin at a news conference.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth excoriated the media for their coverage of the U.S. military’s attack on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The subject of Hegseth’s ire on Thursday was reporting on a preliminary assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency that suggested,

Pete Hegseth just berated the press corps for questioning the Trump administration ... essentially calling them un-American for their reporting on the recent attack on Iran.