In general Europeans are glumly conceding the Trump team has a point, at least on Ukraine and defense matters.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's latest comments about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the American stance on it are far from what NATO nations wanted to hear. Talking about Ukraine, Hegseth said ...

Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group—the American-led consortium of 57 countries and the European Union ...

In all, it was a bruising, 72-hour crash course in the geopolitical realities of a job that critics complain Mr. Hegseth, a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attention-grabbing overseas debut may have irritated some key Republicans and alienated allies in Europe, where his statements on Ukraine ...

European countries need to invest now in defence because it is not possible to assume that the United States' presence on the ...

European countries are unprepared for being abandoned by the United States. But it’s not without options for ensuring ...

Pete made a statement today saying that he thinks it ... prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe,” he said. Hegseth’s comments did not necessarily ...

Several viral social media posts claim that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was drinking alcohol during a NATO press ...

A post shared on X claims Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that it would take seven years to build the necessary ships to confront Russia. Verdict: False Hegeseth said that the U.S. should ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing Pentagon agencies and the military to cut their budgets by 8 percent as part of a ...