Hiring people to lead government agencies because you like their takes on right-wing TV comes with major drawbacks.

The White House will override Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s choice for chief of staff and install its own candidate – a ...

In a separate memo also issued Friday, Hegseth directed military academies to strictly enforce merit-based admissions.

The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Pentagon to eject transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own, a memo obtained by Reuters says.

The deadline for active duty transgender troops to self-identify for voluntary separation from the military is exactly one month after the Supreme Court issued its ruling.

The military services are scrambling to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo Friday barring military academies from considering race, sex, or ethnicity in ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a blunt response after a West Point philosophy professor announced his resignation on Thursday.

In 2017, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., introduced the Women, Peace and Security Act in the Senate and Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., now Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, introduced the House bill.

The image, seemingly intended to promote Hegseth's control over the Defense Department, quickly drew attention for its ...

Senate Republicans are standing by embattled Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, but they are privately wondering how much ...