Hegseth thinks the solution to his woes is to ‘send himself.’ It’s not

Published September 21, 2026 12:09pm ET | Updated September 21, 2026 1:27pm ET



Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. Today, we run the rule over Pete Hegseth’s testosterone-fueled weekend, plus what’s next for the White House TV pool, and who denied they were a lesbian?

Texas got the full Pete Hegseth treatment over the weekend, as the war secretary tried to seize back the political narrative from a string of awkward headlines.

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