The White House was forced to intervene to put an end to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s routine use of polygraph tests on his own staff. According to The Washington Post, a top aide to the Defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth received a sharp phone call from the White House over his wide use of polygraphs at the ...

The polygraph tests of Pentagon officials occurred as the defense secretary sought to stamp out unflattering leaks to the ...

Suspicions about leaks and a mistrust of senior military officers have defined much of the defense secretary’s first six ...

Since at least May, top-ranking and mid-level military officials have circulated drafts of a letter slamming the defense ...

The defense secretary said he planned to boost production of drones, and supply combat units with more of them.

NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for the ...