Hegseth said, “Under my direction, we’re making it clear without hesitation that the soldiers who fought in the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890 will keep their medals. And we’re making it clear that ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that Medals of Honor awarded to U.S. soldiers for their role in the ...

Hegseth claimed that his predecessor, former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's, review was more focused on "being politically correct" than historically accurate.

Facing down a mass walkout and mounting diplomatic pressure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Friday to ‘finish the job’ as he defied growing isolation over his military’s devastating ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will be allowed to keep their ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the ...

Hegseth said Thursday that the review “concluded that these brave soldiers should in fact rightfully keep their medals from actions in 1890.” ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has decided that soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for helping gun down hundreds of ...

"We salute their memory," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said of 20 soldiers who participated in the 1890 slaughter of scores ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for ...

The previous defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, had asked the Pentagon to review 20 medals that were given to soldiers from the massacre.

The SecWar declared in a video statement on Thursday, September, that the medals awarded to Wounded Knee soldiers for their actions in 1890 will not be revoked. Hegseth also described the historical ...