Military service leaders are telling senators that passing a temporary budget that keeps defense spending largely flat will ...

Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation. By Carol Rosenberg Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the three fired judge advocates general (JAGs) were potential “roadblocks” to President Trump’s orders. “It’s not about roadblocks to an ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got short with a reporter on Monday after he was asked about replacing former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown with an “underqualified” replacement.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended President Donald Trump’s firing of "woke generals" and Pentagon officials, saying that the "status quo" at the Department of Defense "hasn’t worked ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth admitted Sunday that he’d fired top military lawyers so that Donald Trump’s administration can get away with whatever it wants. During an appearance on Fox ...

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

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied rumors that he drafted a list of senior military leaders he allegedly planned to purge after the rumor tore through the Pentagon last week and reportedly ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended the Trump administration’s purge of top military lawyers because they don’t want people in those roles who “attempt to be roadblocks to ...

Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii ... members-turned-congress-members in a letter demanding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth justify any dismissals, said Trump’s decision was dangerous.

By John Ismay Reporting from Washington Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job of chief of ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s demand for what can only be termed “the mother of all cut drills” renders it inevitable that few programs, new or long-standing, will survive unscathed.