Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Army’s 12th Aviation Battalion that includes the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport has been granted a 48-hour operational pause.

Pete Hegseth told Milley, a critic of Trump, that he had ordered an investigation to determine whether his rank should be re-evaluated.

Daily on Defense: 67 feared dead in midair collision, Hegseth says Gitmo will be waystation, Esper portrait removed, RFK Jr. and Gabbard back on the Hill today,

On Jan. 21, before the Senate took Hegseth's confirmation to a vote, his former sister-in-law came forward with new allegations against him, claiming in an affidavit submitted to the Senate that his second wife, Samantha, feared for her safety and made escape plans, allegedly going so far as to develop a code word that she could use to get help.

The new defense secretary’s goals run counter to the military’s apolitical tradition and efforts to build a force that mirrors America.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth offered these comments and answered a few questions from reporters before his first day on the job at the Pentagon. "Whatever is needed at the border will be provided,

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Guantánamo Bay is the “perfect spot” to house deported migrants, after President Trump signed a memo Wednesday ordering a facility there be prepared for that

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An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.