Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of military standards, including physical fitness, body composition and ... candidates to swim 15 meters in full uniform, run five miles in ...

Military service leaders are telling senators that passing a temporary budget that keeps defense spending largely flat will hurt readiness and efforts to modernize the force.

A new Marine Corps policy says troops with a genetic skin condition that can cause pain and scarring from shaving and mainly affects Black men can be separated if the health issue persists.

In his second term, President Trump is cultivating warm relationships with G.O.P. lawmakers — and using the implicit threat ...

The Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are planning to cut down the IRS workforce by almost ...

In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in January to review "in a gender-neutral way" readiness standards for troops.

Hegseth’s directive comes after the Biden administration loosened restrictions on various grooming and hairstyle rules for military service members, as well as body fat percentage requirements for ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... fitness, body composition, and grooming, which includes but is not limited to beards." While the memo itself doesn't offer insight into what Hegseth and the ...