Bipartisan scrutiny of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s reported order to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean grew Monday as the Trump administration worked to contain the fallout.

Lawmakers in both parties, including the Republican chairmen and the Democratic ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, have vowed to investigate following a Washington Post article about Hegseth’s alleged order — marking a rare instance of GOP unease with the Trump administration.

The calls for accountability intensified Monday as lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C., from a one-week Thanksgiving break.

“There needs to be an investigation,” Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters Monday at a new

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