To come anywhere close to Hegseth’s target, the Pentagon bureaucracy will engage in yet another cut drill, with many promising programs falling on the cutting room floor while legacy activities ...

The message sent by Donald Trump could not be clearer to our allies in Europe — after 75 years of shared security, you’re on ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended off ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says NATO membership for Ukraine is unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its territory back from Russia ...

Pete Hegseth’s controversial nomination as defense secretary moved a step closer to confirmation with the Senate Armed Services Committee recommending him to the job on party lines. U.S. Sen. Mark ...

Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego ... They opposed, for example, the nomination of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Kelly, who is a member of the Armed Services Committee, which has oversight of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Pentagon's inspector general to investigate the "conduct" of retired Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley — who at ... former White House chief of ...