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

The US Defence Secretary praised the “incredible and overwhelming success” of the “warriors” who bombed Iran on Saturday ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday ...

Current defense secretary Lloyd Austin, by contrast, is a retired US Army four-star general, a previous US Central Command chief, a former Army vice chief of staff, and a former commander of the ...

The U.S. is halting some shipments of weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much ...

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN Washington (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth heads to Capitol Hill for a series of congressional hearings over the next week ...

For comparison, former president Joe Biden's defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, was confirmed by a 93-2 vote in 2021, and Jim Mattis, Mr Trump's first defence secretary in his last administration ...

Pete Hegseth emphasized a new wave of patriotism driving military recruitment under Donald Trump while on Fox & Friends discussing the D-Day 81st anniversary ceremony in Normandy. FOX News ...