The first woman to lead the U.S. Naval Academy is being reassigned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, multiple outlets reported.

Republican senators say reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth froze weapons shipments to Ukraine without getting approval from President Trump raise serious questions about the level of ...

Objections over Republican plans to boost defense spending by $150 billion focused largely on the defense secretary's leadership.

Republican Thom Tillis suggested the Senate Armed Services Committee had been “a little bit generous” when outlining ...

Pete Hegseth reportedly paused military aid to Ukraine without approval from Donald Trump or the White House, according to Reuters.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has done most everything so far that President Donald Trump hoped he would — purging the military of its purported “woke” ideology, expanding its role in ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday lashed out at the media and “disgruntled former employees” as he finds himself embroiled in fresh controversy over his sharing of sensitive information ...

During the Easter Egg Roll at the White House, Pete Hegseth called coverage of his sharing of sensitive military data via text with civilians a “smear.” ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under pressure over what he contends are leaks by subordinates seeking to sabotage his agenda and what former aides and some lawmakers say is chaos at the ...

The White House claimed that Hegseth had followed a directive from Trump aligned with the administration’s policy towards Ukraine at that time, but other sources who spoke to Reuters and were ...