Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s defiant, almost mocking response to a damning report on an alleged illegal boat strike has ignited a public firestorm — and […]

News reports about a U.S. military attack on a boat in the Caribbean allegedly carrying drugs have raised critical questions about the military campaign against drug smugglers being carried out by the Trump administration in that region.

A former Fox colleague says the defense secretary’s alleged ordering of strikes on suspected drug boats may amount to a war crime.

Senators received an affidavit Tuesday from the former sister-in-law of defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in which she says his behavior caused his second wife to fear for her safety. The receipt of the affidavit comes after Senate Armed Services ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s reported order in early September to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean has sent shock waves throughout Washington, prompting scrutiny from key leaders in Congress and a cautious defense from President Trump.

Alaska’s Republican senators are responding to allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth committed war crimes in Caribbean boat strikes

The allegations against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are serious. But we can expect the Trump administration to gloss over them.

Amid talk of war crimes, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing intensifying scrutiny.

We've never been at this kind of crossroads in our country before," Kenneth Harbaugh, a U.S. Navy veteran, told Military.com about the situation surrounding Sen. Mark Kelly.

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, remains defiant after new misconduct allegations are causing growing concern among Republican lawmakers.