Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 26, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / ) Pete Hegseth, the defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked a Navy admiral's recently approved promotion and command assignment amid criticism ...

The focus on Ricky Buria and Hegseth’s lawyer Tim Parlatore could represent a step forward in the investigation.

Former Vice President Mike Pence defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid criticism of his management style and decision ...

Republican Thom Tillis suggested the Senate Armed Services Committee had been “a little bit generous” when outlining ...

The Pentagon inspector general has expanded an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sharing of military plans to a second Signal chat that included his wife and brother, according ...

Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appeared before the Senate Foreign ...

Hegseth Says He’d Be Pentagon ‘Change Agent,’ Rebuffing Critics at Confirmation Hearing. ... -- Pete Hegseth, ... and that generated a torrent of online criticism from Trump supporters.

Hegseth, 44, plans to argue that he will “restore the warrior ethos to the Pentagon” and respond to criticism over his credentials — despite admitting he is an unorthodox pick to head the ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the gutting of a Pentagon office shortly after it disclosed that it would be overseeing the testing of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile ...

WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has discharged members of Pentagon advisory boards on defense policy and military technology, adding to the upheaval during his time at the Pentagon ...

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed unqualified by any conventional president.