US President Donald J. Trump has promised a swift end to the Ukraine war but with talks about to begin the author of “The Art of the Deal” may have already complicated his task by sacrificing leverage ...

The key criteria for those in the top-tier positions appear to be loyalty, wealth, and ideological fervor, not competence.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is bringing the name Bragg back to one of the Army’s largest bases, Fort Liberty, which ...

He said: "There it is! Pursuant to the authority of the Secretary of Defense, title 10 United States Code section 113, I direct the Army to change the name of Fort Liberty, North Carolina to Fort ...

With President Trump at the helm and Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, Americans now believe ... that America's youth are inspired to serve under the bold and strong "America First" leadership ...

President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle the Education Department using executive action. Three education policy experts explain how his plan could work.

He is authorizing the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to develop guidance for current service members with gender dysphoria or a history of gender dysphoria. The under ...

Autocracies like China and Russia have at least one advantage the United States does not, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... That line of thinking is not new. Under former President Joe Biden ...

Under President Truman she was nominated and confirmed (no easy thing back in 1950) as assistant secretary of Defense under George Marshall. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump supported the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, after Australia on Friday confirmed its first $500 million payment under the defense pact.

The Washington Post, CNN, The Hill and The War Zone will lose workspace at the Pentagon this year under an expanded “media rotation program” instituted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ...

Former Navy Secretary ... effort under the Biden administration to procure cutting-edge drones, noting that it took place outside the usual bureaucratic channels and instead via the Defense ...