In an interview with CBS News' Ed O'Keefe, Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator and Army veteran who served as defense secretary in the Obama administration, said his greatest concern about ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlights historic military recruitment numbers, with the Army alone reaching 61,000 recruits for fiscal year 2025, driven by renewed patriotism.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday strongly defended the Trump administration’s military response to protests in Los Angeles, his first appearance in a series of congressional hearings ...

The Secretary of Defense aims to remove names from Navy vessels honoring civil rights figures, reflecting Trump’s directive to dismantle DEI initiatives and reassert traditional military values ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is set to hold a news conference Sunday morning to discuss President Donald Trump’s decision to strike a trio of Iranian nuclear sites.

The Pentagon is reviewing the AUKUS security pact between the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia, USNI News has learned. The Office of the Secretary of Defense is conducting a review of the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing brutal backlash after his heated news conference on Thursday. Hegseth repeatedly praised President Donald Trump as he defended the U.S. strikes on Iranian ...

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his emotional press conference on Thursday. O’Donnell said Thursday that Hegseth told “the stupidest public lie ever ...

President Trump suggested bringing back the title secretary of war. It stopped being used in 1949 when the Department of Defense was formally established.

President Trump suggested bringing back the title secretary of war. It stopped being used in 1949 when the Department of Defense was formally established.