(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there’s “no betrayal” in the U.S. position on ending the war in Ukraine, as the Trump administration pushes for negotiations between Russia and the ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia must include security guarantees for Ukraine, but that they "should not be provided through NATO membership ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, gestures during a visit to Kelly Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, on February 11, 2025. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, gestures ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday struggled to say “e pluribus unum,” fumbling the traditional motto before U.S. troops helped him complete it. (Watch the video below.) The latin ...

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 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is "welcome at the Pentagon," telling reporters in Stuttgart, Germany, during his first overseas ...

After his stint at Vets for Freedom, Hegseth also led Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), another veteran advocacy nonprofit, for more than four years. Hegseth has a history of supporting ...

Hegseth's visit is part of a weeklong trip to Germany, Belgium and Poland to speak with U.S. and allied leaders. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks at the Pentagon on February 7 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday renamed the Army base Fort Liberty back to its original name of Fort Bragg, according to a Department of Defense statement, undoing a 2023 name change ...

With President Trump at the helm and Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, Americans now believe that military force will be exercised judiciously and righteously. Hegseth himself noted that ...

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – Pete Hegseth’s motorcade stirred a cloud of dust around dozens of troops and border agents waiting in the desert to greet the new defense secretary. It was his first visit ...