Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is establishing a new task force to root out efforts to promote diversity, equity and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signaled Trump would sign executive orders intended to roll back diversity initiatives and ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's choice to be defense secretary, gives a thumbs-up at the completion of his ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the Senate. The vote on Friday night was initially 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance then casting the ...

Pete Hegseth, a former combat veteran and TV ... including current Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who was a leader in the initial invasion into Iraq. Lt. Col. Jim Mattis, Trump's first Defense ...

Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global ...

President Donald Trump says he will sign a flurry of executive orders focused on the military, including to reinstate troops booted for refusing COVID-19 vaccines and remove “transgender ideology” fro ...

It's unclear who'll take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as ...

Wicker did not specify what day the vote would take place, but said it could be as late as next Thursday if Senate Democrats ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast his first tie-breaking vote on Friday night to help the Senate confirm Pete Hegseth as defense ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski is opposing the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be President Donald Trump's Defense secretary.