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

Democratic lawmakers and retired military officers expressed concern about the politicization of the military under President ...

The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, ...

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 ...

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brutally shut down a reporter’s question about an “underqualified” replacement for the ousted ...