On Wednesday, Robert Salesses, the deputy director of Washington Headquarters Services for the Department of Defense, announced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had directed the department to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth alleged on Monday that the IRS under now-former President Joe Biden audited him as he prepared to lead the Pentagon. Hegseth shared a picture on X of an IRS document saying the agency would be “auditing your federal income tax return.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed military services to find $50 billion in programs that could be cut to align with President Donald Trump's priorities.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year in order to redirect those savings to fund ...

Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has ordered senior military and civilian Pentagon officials to cut 8% from the defense budget over each of the next five years.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been circulating a list to congressional Republicans with names of top military generals and officers he wants to fire.

In all, it was a bruising, 72-hour crash course in the geopolitical realities of a job that critics complain Mr. Hegseth, a 44-year-old former National Guard infantryman and Fox News host, is unqualified to hold. Mr. Hegseth’s trip to Europe, his first overseas visit since being sworn in on Jan. 25, started off on an unusual note.