Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. No specific threat was named for the authorization for military families to leave the Middle East.

While calling out the National Guard makes a political statement, they’re not the best means of fighting crime, CSIS’s Mark ...

Hegseth’s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee comes as Middle East tensions are high after Israel bombed Iran nearly a week ago while discussions about Tehran’s nuclear ...

Shaheen asked Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday about how American troops in the Middle East will be kept safe as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies.

Democratic Party Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire asked Hegseth if Trump had ordered him to create options for military strikes in the Middle East. Hegseth declined to answer Shaheen's question.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East for a second time, keeping it there another week so the U.S ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the U.S. is “postured defensively in the region to be strong” amid conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East. “Our job is to be strong.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East for a second time, keeping it there another week so the U.S ...

Hegseth keeps 2 aircraft carriers in Middle East for another week for battle with Yemen’s Houthis By LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press, Updated May 2, 2025, 2:24 p.m.