The defense secretary annoyed Donald Trump with a favor for Elon Musk. Hegseth’s problems only grew from there.

The Pentagon inspector general’s office, which is examining the episode, also has questioned potential witnesses about any ...

The Pentagon watchdog is looking into whether any of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staffers were asked to delete Signal ...

Pete Hegseth didn’t let the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings in France stop him from indulging in a little birthday ...

Hegseth ordered dismissal 75% of civilians working for Pentagon office that conducts live-fire tests of U.S. weapons systems.

Publicly, Musk, Hegseth, and Trump were united in their dismissal of the story. The president called it “fake news” and ...

Pete Hegseth, a former army major and now America’s defence secretary, celebrates soldiers “with dust on their boots”. But ...

U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk in a highly rare move.

Navy tradition and basic decency make clear the beleaguered defense secretary shouldn’t rename the ship. Hegseth is doing it ...

My job is to create and maintain decision space for President Trump, not to purport to make decisions on his behalf.” ...

The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said ...

In his opening remarks, Hegseth warned China seeks no less than hegemony over the region and is increasingly willing to ...