The United States was represented by newly minted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who seemed to revel in standing out from the crowd during a group photo on February 13. Hegseth even took to X (the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result ...

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, ...

A senior Pentagon official said that money saved through the cuts could be “realigned” to other defense priorities that ...

It was a chilly afternoon in Union Square Park, and Losquadro, along with a crew of other “Intactivists,” had convened to ...

On Americans and the presidency; Trump, Hegseth, and NATO; a comical case of wokery; the late Stephan Thernstrom; and more.

From late 2024 onward, a claim circulated online that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said women should not serve in military combat roles. Shortly after President Donald Trump nominated him ...

“On Saturday, Pete Hegseth was sworn in to Trump’s liquor cabinet on a ... tell his wife that he blew their kid’s college fund because Taylor didn’t wear a ponytail like he thought.” With the ...

Every one of Hegseth’s predecessors emphasized unity and a diverse military as key to national progress and defense. Ad Policy For the first time since being confirmed, US Secretary of Defense ...

Vice President Vance defended new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him a “disrupter” who will prove “incredibly necessary.” Vance joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday ...

Pete Hegseth, confirmed by the Senate as defense secretary Friday night in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie, takes over leadership of the Pentagon at a time of great ...