India, April 24 -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is being called "Pentagon Princess" online after he reportedly requested that a makeup studio be installed at the Pentagon. The former Fox News host is facing calls to resign in the aftermath of the Signal group chat blunder, in which a journalist for The Atlantic was accidentally added into a channel where plans for a military strike against the Houthis in Yemen were being discussed.

Sources told CBS News that Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio to be used for TV appearances. The insiders said that the renovation was initially estimated to cost more than $40,000. However, the ideas were later scaled...