Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is returning to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for the last in a series of often combative hearings before lawmakers, who have pressed him on everything from a ban on ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is returning to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for another potentially combative hearing before the ...

A review is necessary, he said, “to ensure the standards have not been eroded.” Hegseth’s confirmation hearing marked the ... Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee pressed Hegseth ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending the Trump administration over his deployment of the military to LA.

A testy exchange between a senator who strongly supports Ukraine aid and the defense secretary revealed a deepening split ...

The defense secretary will be accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine in his first post-confirmation testimony, ...

Watch live as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee on the ...

Testimony comes after the Pentagon last month unveiled a “skinny budget” for fiscal 2026 with fewer details than typical.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth repeatedly refused to disclose the cost of the Air Force’s contract to acquire and retrofit a Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar, sparking sharp criticism from lawmakers ...

The defense secretary told lawmakers that the deal ‘remains to be signed’ and said he could not divulge information about the ...

to conduct an immediate review of standards governing who can serve in such units, standards that he argued had been lowered to boost diversity in the ranks. Hegseth’s confirmation hearing ...