Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office has rejected the Pentagon watchdog’s investigation of his actions in sending sensitive attack plans over the Signal messaging app in March, calling the ...

Right before the 'Signalgate' scandal, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth intensified a campaign to identify leaks, which ...

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President Trump has emerged as the most powerful president of either party in decades, wielding enormous clout within the GOP especially on Capitol Hill, where Republicans have rammed through his ...

When House Speaker Mike Johnson gifted to President Donald Trump the gavel used to enact the Republicans' tax breaks and spending bill, it was a memorable moment at the White House ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Questions linger at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after a new memorandum from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls for drastic changes in American military leadership ...

Hegseth’s memo focuses on removing “bureaucratic layers” and “redundant force structure” by reducing excess general and flag officer positions.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has released revised rules on personal appearance for members of the Army and Air Force that could disproportionately affect women and minorities. This month, the U ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill stayed up late to finalize President Trump's rescissions package, which ultimately passed with a narrow 51 to 48 vote early this morning. Scripps News Group national ...

During his remarks in a Senate hearing in January, Senator Mark Kelly grilled Pete Hegseth over his qualifications to be Secretary of Defense. Hegseth dismissed Kelly's concerns as "anonymous smears." ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth restored the names of Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, which were originally named for Confederate generals.

As Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday for his confirmation hearing, focus returns ...