Hegseth directed the Pentagon to find $50 billion in cuts for the next fiscal year so the money can be spent on Trump's ...

The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, ...

The U.S. secretary of defense previously addressed allegations of excessive drinking during his January 2025 Senate confirmation hearing.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s overseas trip started with heckling from military families. That turned out to be one the best moments of his excursion.

Hegseth has a history of supporting controversial policies, including using the US military to put down domestic riots, ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth dodged a question on U.S. aid to Ukraine during a recent press conference. The new Trump Administration official assured reporters that continuing aid to Ukraine was ...

In all, it was a bruising, 72-hour crash course in the geopolitical realities of a job that critics complain Mr. Hegseth, a ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attention-grabbing overseas debut may have irritated some key Republicans and alienated ...

Top Senate Republican said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a 'rookie mistake' when he said on Wednesday that it was ...

Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group—the American-led consortium of 57 countries and the European Union ...