The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are ...

WARSAW (Reuters) -European countries need to invest now in defence because it is not possible to assume that the United States' presence on the continent will last forever, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete ...

In general Europeans are glumly conceding the Trump team has a point, at least on Ukraine and defense matters.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday flatly ruled out the possibility of dispatching US troops to Ukraine to fend off Russian invaders — as the war approaches its third year. Hegseth, 44, ...

Several viral social media posts claim that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was drinking alcohol during a NATO press ...

A post shared on X claims Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that it would take seven years to build the necessary ships to confront Russia. Verdict: False Hegeseth said that the U.S. should ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result ...

European leaders have questions about what President Trump might do with U.S. troops and want to keep NATO posture off the ...

I gathered two things from Vice President J. D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks in Europe. First, Europe was not doing enough militarily for Ukraine, its own defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing Pentagon agencies and the military to cut their budgets by 8 percent as part of a ...

Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth has ordered the preparation of plans to cut the defense budget by 8% annually over five years, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result in an 8 percent cut to the defense budget for each year over the next five ...