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

As Pete Hegseth surrounds himself with new officials, pay particular attention to acting Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson and her record.

New allegations reinforce concerns that Pete Hegseth's job is to effectively play the role of defense secretary on television.

For the second time in two weeks, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hedged on whether he'd follow court rulings he disagreed with.

Navy traditions and basic decency make clear that Pete Hegseth shouldn't re-name the USNS Harvey Milk. The beleaguered defense secretary is doing it anyway.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz told U.S.

Would the president change the "Department of Defense" back to the "Department of War"? He sounds increasingly serious about ...

Partway through Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest appearance on Capitol Hill, Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin asked whether he’d given military personnel deployed to Los Angeles orders to ...