Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is preparing for a hiring freeze and an “aggressive” effort to fire civilian employees as the Trump administration’s axe to the federal workforce ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next ...

Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... are to the services; the services have said they have no way to track. Hegseth will have ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as ... chair of the Armed Services Committee, which oversaw Hegseth's nomination process, said he knew in advance about ...

Senate Armed Services Chair Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “rookie mistake” for ...

Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has ordered senior military and civilian Pentagon officials to cut 8% from the defense budget ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's choice to be defense secretary, appears during a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) A thought experiment ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not request more than $137,000 in repairs and upgrades to military housing at Fort McNair ...

Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth arrives to his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, Jan. 14, 2025.

Washington (CNN) — Pete Hegseth ... Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker and the ranking Democratic member Jack Reed were briefed on Samantha Hegseth’s statement, which has not ...

WASHINGTON — When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth starts ... troops there are to the services; the services have said they have no way to track. Hegseth will have to become familiar with the ...