Hegseth says the titles secretary of war and War Department better reflect the military's mission to fight and win wars. But it's not his call. Or Trump's.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed an aircraft carrier strike group to move to the Caribbean to support President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle "Transnational Criminal Organizations" and to "counter narco-terrorism,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has restored but downgraded an independent, internal Pentagon think tank focused on future wars, seven months after dismantling the agency in the name of accountability and efficiency, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the matter.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been involved in a terrifying incident while flying over the Atlantic Ocean, RadarOnline. com can reveal.

A plane carrying DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth back to the United States from a NATO meeting in Brussels, Belgium had to make an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom due to a crack in the aircraft’s windshield.

Texas state Sen. Brian Birdwell of Granbury, who is retiring from the Legislature, was nominated Tuesday to serve as an assistant U.S. secretary of defense.