Critics say Hegseth's fixation on service members' appearances mirrors a campaign by the Russian military to clamp down on ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is so obsessed with grooming in the U.S. Armed Forces that he’s ...

Ernst voted yes and, with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President J. D. Vance, Hegseth’s nomination squeaked by, 51–50. [Read: What Pete Hegseth doesn’t get about women in combat] ...

Pete Hegseth's campaign included bans on eyelash extensions, restrictions on nail polish colors, and new rules about sleeve ...

Klippenstein noted that the eyelash provision, like the Army and Marines’ changes to shaving requirements, is likely to ...

After his nomination, Hegseth was careful to praise women’s “indispensable role” in the military, as he told the podcaster Megyn Kelly in December. “The women of the Pentagon, of our ...

The Defense Department is considering terminating 14 advisory boards that guide Pentagon leaders on an array of personnel and operational issues, including the Defense Advisory Committee on Women ...

Hegseth got into a sharp debate about whether women and transgender service members should serve in the military or combat jobs. He said he has worked to remove diversity programs and political ...

After his nomination, Hegseth was careful to praise women’s “indispensable role” in the military, as he told the podcaster Megyn Kelly in December.