The defense secretary spent Trump’s first year in office wreaking havoc on the U.S. military—and killing innocent people around the world.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is forgoing a promised court-martialing and taking a behind-closed-doors track to attempt to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.). The administrative move — which seeks to reduce Kelly’s retirement rank and military pension — is the latest in the bitter back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the retired Navy captain after

The Pentagon has released plenty of video clips that show American missiles blowing boats suspected of carrying drugs out of the water. But the “double tap” strike on Sept. 2 is being kept under wraps. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger has covered ...

U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Detroit, said on Tuesday, Dec. 9, that he has introduced two articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an effort to try and remove him that, in the current political circumstance, is likely quixotic.

Pete Hegseth is preparing to face a panel of bipartisan senators on Tuesday who will grill him over allegations from his past and his credentials at the first of the Senate confirmation hearings. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Hegseth for one of ...