The defence secretary also lashed out at the media in a combative briefing which was praised by his boss at the White House.

"President Trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history, and it was a resounding success, ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is giving an update at the Pentagon - earlier, Iran claimed it gave the US a "heavy slap".

US attack was 'intentionally limited' to nuclear targets and not aimed at regime change, says Pentagon chief; top general assesses damage at 3 sites hit as 'extremely severe' ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth strongly defended the recent airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, rejecting leaked intelligence that downplayed their effectiveness. At a Pentagon briefing, Hegseth ...

President Donald Trump claims Iran's nuclear sites were "totally obliterated," while Israeli officials report a portion of ...

Defense Secretary Hegseth bashes the corporate media for “searching for scandals” following the U.S. attack on three Iranian nuclear sites.

Days after Trump ordered a series of bombings on Iran, his administration still cannot — or will not — answer several key ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, held a press conference from the Pentagon after the U.S. strikes on Iran.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed into the Pentagon press corps Thursday morning, accusing reporters of deliberately trying to cast doubt on the success of last weekend’s U.S. airstrikes against ...

Hegseth and Caine celebrated the strikes, but referred assessments of the damage to Iran's nuclear site to the intelligence community, including the CIA. "What the United States military did was ...

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were adamant Thursday that Iran wasn’t able to move any highly enriched uranium prior to Saturday’s US strikes on three nuclear facilities ...