Pete Hegseth, Fox News host and military veteran, is named by Donald Trump as defense secretary. With a background in Afghanistan and Iraq operations and a conservative media career, Hegseth faces controversies over past allegations but garners strong support within the Republican party.

Pete Hegseth isn't just outspoken with his political views; the newly minted U.S Secretary of Defense also dresses quite loudly, frequently to his detriment.

Article 5 of the NATO treaty is the bedrock of the alliance: It is the pledge that an attack on one is an attack on all. It created a single security space among the democratic nations in North America and Europe.

Don’t be distracted by his cartoonishly adorned suits or slavish focus on imaginary enemies like “DEI.” President Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth as secretary of Defense represents a dangerous precedent,

At the same time, Republican lawmakers are aiming to add more than $100 billion to the Pentagon’s proposed budget, which would push military spending close to $1 trillion a year.

The only way to slice the $50 billion Pete Hegseth has ordered out of the Defense Department budget is to get rid of weapons programs that no longer meet America’s needs.

In 2022, a federal commission estimated that changing the names of nine military installations would cost taxpayers $21 million.

The U.S. Cyber Command is pausing its offensive operations against Russia. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the decision, which was confirmed Monday by a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive operations.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday, his first trip to the naval ... Bay on the front lines of the war against America’s southern border," the secretary ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth admitted Sunday that he’d fired top military ... and then Congress—let’s step up. Right? I’ll be the first to say it, this is a problem that Congress has, in many cases, given the American people,” Curtis added.