Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explains what is ‘front and center’ in President Donald Trump’s quest to make Washington, D.C.

He served in the Army National Guard after graduation and moved into conservative activism and media jobs. Hegseth has been a magnet for criticism in his six months as defense secretary. His ...

White House orders Hegseth to stop polygraphs on Pentagon staff suspected of leaking: report The use of polygraphs to identify leakers became apparent in March By Amanda Macias Fox News ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked a Navy admiral's recently approved promotion and command assignment amid criticism over drag shows held aboard his aircraft carrier in the last decade. In ...

The unexplained removal of the first female head of the U.S. Naval Academy last week is the latest in a string of top military women who have either been fired or moved to largely invisible roles ...

A raft of top and mid-level Pentagon officials plans to call for the removal of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Since May, a group of Department of Defense (DOD) personnel, made up of officials ...

The Pentagon’s independent watchdog has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a ...

The Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that the military plans shared from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Signal account to a group chat earlier this year were taken from ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s tenure has seen a series of high-profile staff departures, leaving the Pentagon head without a chief of staff and other key advisers. Hegseth’s inner circ… ...