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

An expected visit from Pete Hegseth’s wife intensified that effort. By Jeanna Smialek and Eric Schmitt Jeanna Smialek and Eric Schmitt reported from Washington. Harriet Tubman posters ...

ERIC SCHMITT: I know. But Kristen, Kristen we can distinguish the investigation in this case versus writ large. It's also true in our military. Pete Hegseth is going to get rid of DEI in the military.

Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s adversaries. By Helene Cooper Eric Schmitt and John Ismay Reporting from ...

By Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... away as India. Mr. Hegseth has vowed to use thousands of active-duty U.S. troops to help stem the ...

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Thomas D. Homan, President Trump’s border czar, toured areas near Mexico. By Reyes Mata III and Eric Schmitt Reyes Mata III reported from the southwestern U.S ...

Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump’s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a wave of top dismissals at the Pentagon, insisting that they weren’t unusual ...