Trump White House Denies NPR Report That It's Replacing Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary Amid Signal Leak Fallout

The Trump administration has denied NPR's report that the president's camp was looking to replace Pete Hegseth as its defense secretary following his recent Signal Chat controversy. "WRONG. Fake News!" the Trump administration's X account Rapid Response 47 said in a tweet on Monday. WRONG. Fake News! https://t.co/VEKtGdn9oK - Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 21, 2025 The administration's response comes after published a story on Monday titled: "The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary." In the write-up, journalist Tom Bowman detailed . . .