New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is proposing radical changes in the Pentagon. Here's what you can expect from him.

Now comes word that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doesn’t just welcome cuts to America’s military spending – particularly to ...

The rest of us are trusting you with all our lives. You could well be the last person to speak to the president before he decides to go to war—or considers using nuclear weapons. Partisan attachments ...

A post shared on X claims Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that it would take seven years to build the necessary ships to confront Russia. Verdict: False Hegeseth said that the U.S. should ...

Republican lawmakers celebrated after the Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth as defense secretary on Friday. The Senate was split 50-50, with three Republicans — Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, his choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, came under close scrutiny. News media reports shone a spotlight on the former "Fox ...

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior ... I sincerely hope we can work together in good faith to ensure the wellbeing of our service members,” Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat ...

In all, it was a bruising, 72-hour crash course in the geopolitical realities of a job that critics complain Mr. Hegseth, a ...

Hegseth, 44, made the accusation Monday afternoon on X. Few details were immediately available, but he posted a photo of what appeared to show the IRS telling him that he and his wife, Jennifer ...

Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth starts his first official day on Monday morning, he will face a daunting array of issues to tackle ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended off ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary on Saturday, following a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance to end a stalemate in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, during which some ...