The Trump administration has launched a new crackdown on unauthorized leaks, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announcing a joint Pentagon-Department of Justice task force to identify and prosecute those accused of disclosing sensitive information to the media. In a video posted on X, Hegseth said the Pentagon's Office of General Counsel has been given expanded authority to investigate media leaks across the Department of War.

The new joint task force solidifies the Trump administration's mission to crack down on what it views as classified information leaks.

US defense secretary says taskforce will ‘combat dangers’ of leaks in latest escalation of White House press crackdown