In a tense exchange with Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded to questions regarding ...

Hegseth has strongly defended Trump’s militarized response to protests over federal immigration raids but would not directly answer a question from a lawmaker Wednesday about whether he supported the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced sharp questioning over his refusal to endorse the National Guard deployment that defended the Capitol on January 6th, even as he supports using military forces ...

Conn., pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about a potential "double standard" about deploying the National Guard for ...

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Pentagon to go light on commemorating Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end ...

Murphy called Hegseth’s response evidence of a double standard. “You are not willing to defend against attacks made on our democracy by supporters of the president, but you are willing to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon has provided possible options to President Donald Trump as he decides any ...

"we still end up with a double standard." In response to Hegseth's remarks, the embassy said in a separate Facebook post that the U.S. "claims to safeguard peace and not to seek conflicts. We've heard ...

America’s Pentagon chief will not be in attendance when more than 50 other defense leaders meet this week to coordinate military aid to Ukraine. It will be the first time that a U.S. defense ...

Hegseth said in Singapore on Saturday that Washington will ... that of the war in Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron warned of a dangerous double standard in focusing on a potential ...

"we still end up with a double standard." In response to Hegseth's remarks, the embassy said in a separate Facebook post that the U.S. "claims to safeguard peace and not to seek conflicts.