Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved orders on Friday to further militarize the U.S. southern border with Mexico, ...

The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are ...

Pete Hegseth threatened Mexico with military action if America's neighbor to the south doesn't concede to Donald Trump's demands over border security. The Secretary of Defense insisted that ...

Democratic lawmakers are questioning the long-term damage detaining migrants at Guantanamo Bay will have on U.S. military ...

19 (UPI) --Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has ordered senior military ... where China is the United States' chief rival. The memo doesn't extend similar significance to several other major ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a message ... being primarily focused on the security of Europe. The United States faces consequential threats to our homeland. We must, and we are, focusing ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Europeans this week that "realities" prevent the U.S. from being its security guarantor ... spending to 5%. "The United States will no longer tolerate ...

With Pete Hegseth as our Secretary of Defense, the United States finally has the right ... uses American military power to safeguard our homeland and maintain our global dominance.

The defense secretary was also asked about claims by an ACLU group regarding Guantanamo Bay confinement being “tantamount” to solitary confinement, which goes against the United Nations rules on ...