The defense secretary has chastised top military officers and staffers as he seeks to quiet a storm he helped create.

A new report claims that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threatened to "polygraph" two top U.S. military officials.

In at least two separate meetings Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused top-ranking military officers of leaking to the media and threatened to polygraph them.

In at least two separate meetings Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused top-ranking military officers of leaking to the media and threatened to polygraph them.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded proof that Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ...

“I’ll hook you up to a f**king polygraph!” Hegseth reportedly yelled at Grady, per two unnamed sources who spoke with the ...

But for Hegseth, the episode marked a turning point in an already rocky tenure. Coming just days after revelations that the former Fox News host had shared sensitive military information in unsecured ...