New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has set a deadline of next Wednesday for the deletions. According to the Associated Press, some 26,000 images face potential deletion. Many of these images ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo this week requiring defense acquisition offices to use the Software Acquisition Pathway and other authorities to buy software. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he wants to remove bureaucratic roadblocks by replacing the military's top legal officers. That move could affect hard-fought reforms to military justice that ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday dismissed as "garbage" accusations that Washington had taken a pro-Russia stance, saying President Donald Trump was pursuing ...

Hegseth’s decision does not affect cyberoperations conducted by other agencies, including the CIA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is moving to terminate Pentagon offices and positions that focus on preventing and responding to civilian harm during U.S. combat operations, according to three ...

Hegseth has also ordered senior military and Defense Department officials to draw up proposals to reallocate $50 billion in this year’s budget, or about 8%. The Pentagon would go through this ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has paused offensive cyberoperations against Russia by U.S. Cyber Command. (Virginia Mayo/AP) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has paused offensive cyberoperations ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the department's civilian employees must comply with the DOGE office's request for a list of their work accomplishments. "I am now directing each member of the ...

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Pete Hegseth faces backlash for refusing to call Russia the aggressor in the Ukraine war, despite past Fox News remarks labeling Putin an authoritarian and Moscow's actions an invasion. Reuters/AP ...