President Donald Trump gushed over his Pentagon chief's Friday morning appearance on Fox News — but sharp-eyed observers questioned the state of his cognitive health, noting there was no such ...

The tenuous ceasefire that has halted withering rocket attacks between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding Thursday ahead of talks next week.

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, held a press conference from the Pentagon after the U.S. strikes on Iran.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, held a press conference from the Pentagon after the U.S. strikes on Iran.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies on the Hill, Trump grapples with the Israel-Iran conflict, and the Supreme Court ...

The hearing -- Hegseth's fourth and final appearance before Congress in a week -- came as Israel and Iran have been exchanging missile fire in a conflict that is raising fears of an all-out war in ...

Partway through Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest appearance on Capitol Hill, Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin asked whether he’d given military personnel deployed to Los Angeles orders to ...

Several California Democrats questioned Hegseth about the immigration raids that have roiled Los Angeles, the federal commandeering of the state’s National Guard and the deployment of Marines.