The defense secertary dodged questions from lawmakers about possible Defense Department plans against the allied terrirories.

Last week, the Defense Department touted several important triumphs won by Hegseth in Panama, including an agreement on a joint declaration that will allow US warships and auxiliary ships to travel “first and free” via the canal. The two countries also reached an agreement on joint security activities.

Democrats demanded clarity on Trump’s rationale for pursuing the Qatari luxury jet, but Hegseth gave them little in return.

The proposed Department of Defense budget puts "America first" while addressing Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.

During her remarks in a Senate hearing today, Senator Shelley Moore Capito questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the United States' space-based military capabilities. Hegseth stated, "That is the frontier.

LOS ANGELES − Two people have been charged with throwing firebombs during five days of protests that have rocked a downtown section of the city and prompted President Trump' controversial decision to send 4,

The Pentagon chief stumbled when pressed on the legal underpinning for the deployment of 700 Marines to California.

There have been slim details on the future presidential aircraft and Hegseth declined to offer more information to lawmakers Wednesday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth added that "hopefully" governors in other states would mobilize their Guards themselves and took a swipe at California Gov. Gavin Newsom for "playing politics."

Trump’s Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth struck a defiant tone, leveling his own accusations at lawmakers who took aim at his polarizing stewardship of the military.