The pause comes as the Trump administration has sought to ease strained relations with Russia, in addition to attempting to end the war in Ukraine.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon's civilian employees to cooperate with a second email from DOGE.

Multiple U.S. officials tell CBS News that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a directive to U.S. Cyber Command to ...

Russia has intensified cyber operations against Ukraine and NATO countries, according to previous U.S. intelligence and ...

Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed by President Donald ...

Trump fired the US’s top military leader and five other officials at the Pentagon in a Friday night purge that pitted White House politics against the country’s longstanding national security network.

NPR reported one circulating memo called for an 8% cut to the department. The official spoke on the condition of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attention-grabbing overseas debut may have irritated some key ...

By Eric Schmitt and John Ismay Reporting from Washington Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... Outside the halls of NATO headquarters and American military commands, Mr. Hegseth and his wife ...

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice for defense secretary ... And Kash Patel — who once called to shut down FBI headquarters and now seeks to lead the agency — moved ahead without much lobbying ...

Senate Armed Services Chair Senator Roger Wicker torched Pete Hegseth’s speeches at the NATO conference ... to move the case over to the agency’s Public Integrity Section in Washington, D.C., which ...