The defense secretary has disparaged restrictive rules for opening fire that are aimed at reducing the risk of mistakes and ...

Pete Hegseth wasn’t always like this. In 2005, a moral calling led him to volunteer for the Iraq war. He had read about a suicide bomber who killed 18 Iraqi children and wanted to ensure that ideology ...

From $15 million in ribeyes to $98,000 pianos, discover the most outrageous items in the Pentagon's $93 billion end-of-year ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Defense Department allegedly blew through $22 million on lobsters and ribeye steak in a Sept. 2025, end-of-year spree. The post Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department Blew ...

O ne of Pete Hegseth’s first actions after taking charge at the Pentagon was to fire top lawyers in the Army, Navy, and Air Force—senior officers who the defense secretary sai ...

Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief, on why divisive machismo is at the core of the Trump administration’s military policy ...

Pete Hegseth recently shared a workout video featuring himself and his son, Gunner, which has since gone viral and sparked significant backlash online. The clip was a response to a previous video ...

Months before the U.S.-Israel war with Iran began, Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense reportedly went on a multibillion-dollar spending spree that included millions on steak, salmon, lobster, furnit ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addresses the National Religious Broadcasters annual gathering in Feb. 19 keynote address, highlighting conservative Christianity as core to U.S. founding. Hegseth ...

Pete Hegseth’s recent appearance at the Kennedy Center premiere drew mixed reactions from the public. The former military official and current aide to Donald Trump attended the event with his wife, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered an update on the Trump administration’s plans to release government files related to extraterrestrial life and unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Last week, ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from censuring Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and from reducing his rank as a retired U.S. Navy captain. Hegseth is seeking to punish ...