A federal judge is hammering government lawyers with sharp questions about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s efforts to impose a broad ban on transgender service members, which, if carried out, could effectively purge an estimated 15,

Democratic lawmakers are questioning the long-term damage detaining migrants at Guantanamo Bay will have on U.S. military resources as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth toured and touted the mission unfolding at the naval base in Cuba.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is conducting “a complete review” of the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. The United States military’s presence in Afghanistan ended in August 2021,

Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation.

Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has ordered senior military and civilian Pentagon officials to cut 8% from the defense budget over each of the next five years.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Fox News host Laura Ingraham ... facility where illegal migrants deported from the United States are housed before being flown back to their native countries.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview on Sunday that Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. was “not the right man for the moment” and praised President Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine.