Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a review into how officers will be promoted and selected for command that will ...

Since January, the defense secretary also has ordered the Pentagon to review combat standards, disqualifying medical ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a memo that specifies medical conditions that disqualify recruits from joining the ...

The Pentagon has issued new rules that would prevent people currently treated for schizophrenia, congestive heart failure, ...

President Donald Trump greets Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during an event at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, Mich., April 29, 2025.

The under scrutiny AUKUS pact has received bipartisan backing from a key United States congressional committee.

I must confess that I did not have Pete Hegseth as Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary on my bingo card. I was aware that he was a regular on Fox News, but I was not really familiar with him.

The move comes after a ProPublica report highlighted a Microsoft program that allows foreign engineers to indirectly interact ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, told lawmakers on Tuesday that women in the military should be able to serve in combat jobs if they meet what he called ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says military bases in Indiana and New Jersey could house detained immigrants without ...

The nomination of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, former captain in the Army National Guard and President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning choice for defense secretary, has sparked concerns about ...

Testimony comes after the Pentagon last month unveiled a “skinny budget” for fiscal 2026 with fewer details than typical.