Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said his department is taking "administrative action" against Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, including a reduction in his retirement rank and pay and formal censure, after a Pentagon investigation into the retired naval captain's allegedly "seditious" comments.

“None of this will stand up,” predicted Eugene Fidell, a senior research scholar and military law expert at Yale Law School. While a grade determination can be opened against a service member under narrow circumstances, he said, the actions under scrutiny must have occurred while someone was on active duty.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Pentagon’s top official, Pete Hegseth, will visit Newport News Shipbuilding on Monday as part of his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour. A press release from Hegseth’s office said he will visit a shipyard and also a recruiting station while in Newport News. He will also administer the oath of enlistment to new recruits.

Shortly before 11pm on Friday, Donald Trump ordered the US military to launch an operation in the dead of night to snatch the leader of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro from his compound in Caracas. “Good luck, and god speed,” Trump said, as he gave the command.

"President Trump sets the terms. And ultimately, he'll decide what the iterations are of that," Hegseth told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil.