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1 day ago | thelist.com | Sophie Dunne

Pete Hegseth is one of many Fox News staffers to join the Trump administration. But since becoming the United States Secretary of Defense, Hegseth has had many controversial moments. He's leaked private war plans, is prone to aggressive outbursts, and has been accused by his own mother of mistreating women. These characteristics were apparent on June 26, 2025, during a Pentagon briefing discussing America's strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, when Hegseth lashed out at a former Fox News colleague.

4 days ago | thelist.com | Kristin Conard

On the evening on June 21, 2025, Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that the U.S. had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. The White House social media accounts later released photos of Donald wearing a MAGA hat while in the Situation Room watching the attack unfold. Along with posts about the inappropriateness (or not) of him wearing his own merch at such a serious time, plenty of people brought up Barron Trump in relation to the attack.

4 days ago | thelist.com | Kristin Conard

Donald Trump has become synonymous with some specific style choices; there is Trump's too-large, shoulder-padded suits and his super-long red ties, and, of course, the red Make America Great Again (MAGA) trucker hat for himself and his followers. MAGA hat sales were a major money maker for Trump's campaign coffers, and MAGA hats are for sale at the Trump Store online, and those proceeds, presumably, go directly to the Trump Organization.

5 days ago | thelist.com | Shreya Mali

Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters' rivalry started before they had even met. In Susan Page's 2024 biography of Walters, "The Rulebreaker," she wrote that the veteran news anchor felt it was unfair that someone with her considerable experience had to split her screen time with a relative newcomer like Sawyer. Walters even called an ABC executive to push back against her hiring, subtly threatening to walk away from the network altogether.

6 days ago | thelist.com | Kristin Conard

Back in 1998, the world was rocked by the news that then president Bill Clinton had an affair with young White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Once Lewinsky met Clinton, she developed a crush, and the months-long affair would finally come to light and led to an impeachment trial for Clinton; he was acquitted. The scandal continued to plague Lewinsky's personal life, and Lewinsky was even diagnosed with PTSD from everything that happened.