Americans are watching what happens when someone with a reputation for alleged mismanagement is given the keys to the most powerful army in human history.

— Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) April 10, 2025 "We're signing a memo, right now, directing the termination of $5.1 billion in DOD contracts, not million.

Pete Hegseth’s predecessor as defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, started the roughly 50-nation group to support Kyiv after Russia invaded in 2022, but he has given up leadership. By John ...

The Trump administration announced major moves in the Panama Canal this week, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explaining Thursday that the deals are a means of serving American interests and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal from “China’s influence” on Tuesday during a visit to the key shipping lane.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at the Central American Security Conference in Panama City, Panama. Planes clip wings while taxiing at Reagan airport: One had members of Congress aboard What ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. The Chinese government responded after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Tuesday that the Panama Canal remains under persistent threat from China.

The acting Inspector General of the Defense Department will review Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal in a group chat with other key national security officials to discuss ...

Jennifer Rauchet, wife of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has attended sensitive defense meetings, raising concerns due to her lack of security clearance. Her presence at classified discussions ...

As of March 2025, Hegseth has never appeared as a guest on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." A rumor that circulated online in March 2025 claimed U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stormed ...