The Republican senator who cast the deciding vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense trashed him in a CNN ...

Hegseth shot back, “Senator, as I’ve said before, of course, I reject the premise of your question and the characterization that I would be given unlawful orders.

BRUSSELS — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep breaks down Thursday's Pentagon briefing on the attack on Iran, before asking arms control expert Jeffrey Lewis what he knows about the state of Iran's nuclear program.

The tenuous ceasefire that has halted withering rocket attacks between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding Thursday ahead of talks next week.

Slotkin questioned Hegseth about whether he’d given orders allowing the military to arrest or detain protesters, use cyber tools to investigate protesters or use lethal force on unarmed protesters.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proclaimed that “deterrence is back” folllowing the strikes against Iran’s three nuclear facilities. AP ...

Hegseth says the Pentagon has given Trump possible options for Israel-Iran conflict Hegseth would not tell lawmakers on Wednesday whether the military was planning to assist with Israeli strikes.

Hegseth harked back to the 60-day deadline Trump gave Iran earlier this year and said that the regime is now ruing its failure to comply with that ultimatum.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine testified Wednesday before the Senate Armed Forces Committee.

He said it had set back Iran’s nuclear timeline. Caine also provided new details about the operation during Sunday’s briefing, which he called the largest B-2 bomber operation in history.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon has provided possible options to President Donald Trump as he decides any next steps on Iran. But Hegseth would not tell lawmakers on Wednesday ...