Secretary Hegseth has said American soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor after the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre will keep their medals.

Controversy about the battle has ensued for decades, especially around the 19 Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers for service in it.

Pete Hegseth has made the "highly unusual" move of summoning hundreds of military generals and admirals to Virginia for a meeting next week.

Secretary of war rules that U.S. troops who received America’s highest military honor for their part in the explosion of violence in which hundreds of Lakota Sioux were killed can hold onto their acco

Pete Hegseth has called for an urgent meeting next week at a Virginia base with the military's top officers, hundreds of generals, and admirals.

WASHINGTON >> U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned senior U.S. military officers from around the world to a meeting in Quantico, Va., next week, five officials told Reuters today, a rare gathering of U.