Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is returning to Capitol Hill for the last in a series of hearings before lawmakers.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced sharp questioning over his refusal to endorse the National Guard deployment that defended the Capitol on January 6th, even as he supports using military forces ...

Jack Reed brought up the situation in Los Angeles and questioned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the administration's ... Trump's pardons for hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters creates a double standard ...

Hegseth has strongly defended Trump’s militarized response to protests over federal immigration raids but would not directly answer a question from a lawmaker Wednesday about whether he supported the ...

Pete Hegseth was met with bipartisan criticism Wednesday during the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee hearing.

Conn., pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about a potential "double standard" about deploying the National Guard for ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who returned from a national ... last weekend that the U.S. and others risk a dangerous double standard if their concentration on a potential conflict with China ...

THE SENATE CONFIRMED Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense in January after a rocky ... “The Department owes our Service members a workplace with high standards and an environment that fosters trust, ...

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Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Asian countries of China seeking to become a "hegemonic power" in the region. "We are reorienting toward deterring aggression by Communist ...

China calls Pete Hegseth's remarks "deplorable." Hegseth urged Asian allies to step up defense spending. China warned against "interference" in the South China Sea and Taiwan. BEIJING − China ...

BEIJING − China protested to the United States against "vilifying" remarks made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the foreign ministry said June 1, while accusing Washington of deliberately ...