An Oregon senator called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ’s resignation or removal Thursday after a Pentagon report concluded Hegseth put U.S. troops at risk by sharing plans about an impending military strike via a messaging app on his personal phone.

“ Late Show ” host Stephen Colbert on Thursday teased Pete Hegseth with a blast from the past after the Pentagon’s watchdog found the defense secretary’s use of the Signal messaging app risked “potential compromise of sensitive DoD information, which could cause harm to DoD personnel.”

Hegseth has denied issuing a “kill everybody” instruction for the Sept. 2 strikes, and during the briefing on Capitol Hill, Adm. Bradley also vehemently denied that Hegseth ordered his subordinates to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel.

The former Army National Guard major and TV personality endeared himself to Trump by defending troops accused of war crimes.

Hegseth finds himself in hot water over legally murky airstrikes on suspected drug smugglers at sea. A follow-up attack on survivors of one such attack is now generating accusations of a possible war crime. Hegseth said an admiral ordered the second launch.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not issue an order to "kill everybody" before a second boat strike, Adm. Frank Bradley told Congress on Thursday.

In the high-frequency churn of President Donald Trump’s first term, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s repeated missteps would have fueled guessing games about his imminent firing. In the second, he has maintained White House support — at least for now.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in the video that there must be "consequences" for carrying out unlawful orders.