The Defense Secretary has enlisted attorney and former naval officer Tim Parlatore to oversee the effort, the sources said.

New defense chief Pete Hegseth plans a fundamental overhaul of the military's legal system to give soldiers more leeway on ...

At the same time, Republican lawmakers are aiming to add more than $100 billion to the Pentagon’s proposed budget, which ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is taking aim at the military’s legal system, specifically the judge advocate general corps, in order to relax the rules of war. The Guardian reports that Hegseth is ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a comprehensive review of "military fitness, body composition and grooming" across all branches of the U.S. armed forces. The directive, announced on ...

Pete Hegseth, Fox News host and military veteran, is named by Donald Trump as defense secretary. With a background in ...

By Eric Schmitt and John Ismay Reporting from Washington Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has had a ... “There is no betrayal there,” Mr. Hegseth said. That’s not how even Republican ...

By Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... away as India. Mr. Hegseth has vowed to use thousands of active-duty U.S. troops to help stem the ...

An expected visit from Pete Hegseth’s wife intensified that effort. By Jeanna Smialek and Eric Schmitt Jeanna Smialek and Eric Schmitt reported from Washington. Harriet Tubman posters ...

Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s adversaries. By Helene Cooper Eric Schmitt and John Ismay Reporting from ...