Homepage | Media Matters for America

Pete Hegseth on a green background

The Pete Hegseth debacle was inevitable

As Trump ignores order to return Abrego Garcia, right-wing media falsely claim undocumented immigrants have no due process rights

04/23/25 9:41 AM EDT
Pete Hegseth reportedly used Signal to send secret war plans to his family. Right-wing media blame the “deep state” for the report.

04/22/25 11:40 AM EDT
Trump proposed sending US citizens to a foreign prison. Even his sycophantic supporter Charlie Kirk opposes the idea.

04/23/25 11:35 AM EDT

Featured:

Cigar company founder Michael Knowles asks Trump for a tariff exemption

04/23/25 12:00 PM EDT
Fox host cautions against trade deal with China: “I'd hate to think that ... in the end we blinked”

04/23/25 10:53 AM EDT
In response to reports that Pete Hegseth sharing sensitive attack information with his family, Newsmax host says it “has no impact on how Hegseth carries out his job”

04/23/25 10:17 AM EDT
Sean Hannity: “Climate changing is the left's mechanism for Marxism”

04/22/25 10:00 PM EDT
On WNYC’s On The Media, Brian Tyler Cohen explains how creators like Candace Owens reach people who “aren’t going to seek out overtly political content,” but are “interested in cultural content”

04/22/25 6:33 PM EDT
WNYC’s On the Media explores how and why MAGA media and right-wing influencers have captured a massive audience on the internet

04/22/25 5:37 PM EDT