Readers criticize the vote on the defense secretary nomination. Also: President Trump and tariffs; silencing health officials ...

President Joe Biden's record of handling the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is decidedly mixed.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived on Monday for his first full day leading the Pentagon, vowing to support President ...

Yesterday, Pete Hegseth was sworn in as the 29th United States secretary of defense. And North Dakota politicians are ...

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel began Jan. 19 after Hamas supplied a list of the hostages slated for return to Israel.

There will be a lot on the plate for new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third ...

President Donald Trump’s White House fired a warning shot at Senate Republicans who do not fully support all of his cabinet ...

President Donald Trump is pushing forward with his agenda in the busy opening days of his second term, with an immigration ...

In brief remarks, Hegseth outlined what he said were his guiding principles: “Restore the warrior ethos in everything that we do, rebuild our military and reestablish deterrence.” ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

The Senate has confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump ...

Hegseth has tended to blame “left-wing media” for turning him into a victim of a “smear campaign” orchestrated by “anonymous sources.” ...