Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 26, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / ) Pete Hegseth, the defense ...

The memo directs the military services to create active duty formations by September, built for the sole purpose of scaling ...

Hegseth returns to Capitol Hill to defend Trump's defense budget plan In May, the administration asked Congress for a $892.6 billion base defense budget , of which around $850 billion would go to ...

Senior Republicans, some of whom were given personal assurances from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the Pentagon budget would be bolstered, were shocked and dismayed when he failed to come ...

Wicker expressed frustration at the “precious little detail and no follow-on data about fiscal years 2027, 2028, or 2029” and said the Office of Management and Budget “intends to maintain ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. speaks at the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, at the ...

He is a retired colonel of the U.S. Marine Corps, and a former official in the Office of Management Budget and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Rosa Brooks: Hegseth Will Need to Make Trump ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is blasting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his decision this week to appoint a new director of the Pentagon’s operational test ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will testify in front of Senate and House lawmakers next week in his first public testimony since his confirmation.. Hegseth will appear alongside the new chairman ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a speech at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, Friday, June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.