The 44-year-old former Fox News host is "is doing a phenomenal job leading the Pentagon," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.

Catholics from around the world are flocking to Rome to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days ahead of Saturday's funeral. Many remember the pontiff's humility, compassion and deep connection with everyday people.

Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News

The Signal group chat scandal last month, when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared sensitive military information of U.S. strikes in Yemen with other Cabinet-level officials, caused an uproar as the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was also included in the communications on the commercial messaging app.