Former CIA director Leon Panetta has accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of being paranoid about the press following his combative Thursday press briefing on the Iran strikes, where he trashed a ...

Will Pete Hegseth's press conference shift the public conversation about the strikes in Iran? Probably not, but Donald Trump ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday called a rare Pentagon press conference to defend the U.S. strikes on Iran and lambast the media’s coverage of the effectiveness of the operation.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are briefing the media Thursday ...