The defense secretary's moves illustrate a desire to make the military even less concerned about war crimes and civilians ...

Shuttering a department that was vital to victory in the Cold War? That's a great way to lose the battles of tomorrow.

The defense secretary made his personal lawyer a Navy commander in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. The closer one looks, ...

Reacting to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth seeming to care more what the U.S. military looks like than preparing them to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s appointment today of his personal lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, as a Navy commander in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps reflects not just the norm-breaking approach ...

A gaffe at the Defense Secretary’s office led to flagging an image of the B-29 bomber that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, ...

During his confirmation hearing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth repeatedly insisted he is not a racist nor a misogynist, but ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied rumors that he drafted a list of senior military leaders he allegedly planned to purge after the rumor tore through the Pentagon last week and reportedly ...

Newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claims his family was targeted by the outgoing Biden administration with an audit from the IRS. “Of course the outgoing Biden IRS rushed an ...

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended the Trump administration’s purge of top military lawyers because they don’t want people in those roles who “attempt to be roadblocks to ...