Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday defended the purge of top-level military officials amid blowback to the Friday night firings. The firing of the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Gen. CQ ...

New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is proposing radical changes in the Pentagon. Here's what you can expect from him.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump’s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a wave of top dismissals at the Pentagon, insisting that they weren’t unusual ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary on Saturday, following a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance to end a stalemate in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, during which some ...

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.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview on Sunday that Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. was “not the right man for the moment” and praised President Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine.

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as the defense secretary on Saturday morning by Vice President JD Vance after the Senate narrowly confirmed Mr. Hegseth the night before. The Trump pick survived a ...

Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth starts his first official day on Monday morning, he will face a daunting array of issues to tackle ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as defense secretary Saturday morning, declaring it an "honor of a lifetime," and he promised to put America first by bringing peace through strength. Hegseth ...

Pete Hegseth, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran and former Fox News host who promised to “return the Pentagon to the warfighters,” was confirmed as President Trump’s defense secretary in a ...