The Defense secretary’s decision to place his senior military aide in a top Army post represents a new front in his efforts to overhaul the Pentagon.

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 is sending an aircraft carrier to the coast of Latin America in what's being called a "major escalation" of the Trump administration's war on suspected drug-running boats.

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.

Using the Trump administration’s unofficial moniker for the department, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg wrote in the co-signed memo that the Department of War “relies on a collaborative and close partnership with Congress to achieve our legislative goals.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth likened some research costs to "bureaucratic fat.” Universities claim they’re instrumental to their work in the defense sector.

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.

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

The speech that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will give to hundreds of generals and admirals next week will be about the "warrior ethos" of the military, sources say.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has called for stricter enforcement of fitness standards—though many of the military’s most important roles have little direct connection to physical fitness.