Since January, the defense secretary also has ordered the Pentagon to review combat standards, disqualifying medical ...

Suspicions about leaks and a mistrust of senior military officers have defined much of the defense secretary’s first six ...

The Pentagon's internal watchdog has evidence that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used details from a classified email when he shared information about US strikes on Yemen on Signal earlier this year, ...

Hegseth’s refusal to promote Sims prompted what the Times called a “rare intervention” from Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a review into how officers will be promoted and selected for command that will ...

The White House continues to support the embattled Defense secretary — but even some Hegseth allies privately express concern ...

Senator Thom Tillis seemingly implied to CNN's Jake Tapper that he would not vote to confirm Pete Hegseth if a vote were to ...

Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, blasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the ...

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing last month, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth got defensive and lashed out at Senator Chris Coons over NATO contributions and investments during the ...

During a riff on Afghanistan inspired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth bragging about Trump restoring deterrence via last month’s Operation Midnight Hammer strikes on Iran, the president ...

During a cabinet meeting Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke about Operation Midnight Hammer.

Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief moderated his stance to get the job but is now pushing for change in the name of high standards.