Pete Hegseth met with senators on Capitol Hill last month. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Pete Hegseth has been accused of financial mismanagement while leading two small nonprofit organizations ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to sources familiar with his plans.

Among the many issues that jeopardized Pete Hegseth’s nomination to become defense secretary — and ultimately led to his confirmation by the barest of margins — was his lack of ...

The most contentious vote has been on the confirmation of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, for defense secretary. Three Republicans joined every Democrat in voting no, forcing Vice President ...

Newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claims his family was targeted by the outgoing Biden administration with an audit from the IRS. “Of course the outgoing Biden IRS rushed an ...

The defense secretary is said to have halted operations against Russia as part of a reset in ties between Washington and Moscow.