Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the Senate. The vote on ...

Defense Secretary Austin “unnecessarily” put America’s national security at risk when he made trips to the hospital for cancer treatment that were kept secret from the White House and other high-level ...

He went back to the Walter ... He was transferred to the hospital’s intensive care unit, where he couldn’t access the secure communications he would need as defense secretary.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States ... trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guantanamo," he told reporters ...

Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth confidently ... the primary charge he gave me was — to bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense,” Hegseth said in his opening ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Now that Pete Hegseth has been confirmed as defense secretary, he may quickly need to take on several ...

“This is for the troops. For the warriors. For our country,” the defense secretary wrote. “America First. Every day. We will never back down.” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) had wavered in his ...

WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation’s 29th Defense secretary after a dramatic late-night vote ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling the security ... as Milley tried to advise and contain the president on a host of issues. He pushed back on the president's interest in using the military ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid ...

About two in 10 Americans back former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as President-elect Trump’s Defense secretary nominee, according to a new poll. In the poll from The Associated Press-NORC ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation’s 29th secretary ...