Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has extended the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., through February, a Defense Department official confirmed to The Hill. The deployment of more ...

“From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: Warfighting,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Sept. 30, to an unprecedented gathering of hundreds of ...

The scrutiny over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership at the Pentagon has been a long time coming on Capitol Hill.

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 (AP ...

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the U.S. military has carried out its ninth strike against alleged drug vessels. This is the second strike in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The U.S.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has “lost the trust and respect” of several top military members, thanks in large part to his “grandstanding” public appearances, the right-leaning The Washington ...

A US Air Force plane carrying US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was forced to divert to the UK following a mid-air emergency. About 30 minutes into its flight from Brussels to Washington, the Boeing ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered unusually strong criticism of Russia, just as Ukraine seeks American Tomahawk missiles. By Jeanna Smialek Reporting from Brussels Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense ...