#Hegseth

Since returning to office early last year, Trump has overseen a purge of top military personnel, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Today's Iran war news: More US threats and misguided outreach as Robert Barnes reports Trump favors trying to take Strait of Hormuz islands

Pentagon official claims Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, ousted head of strategy for Joint Chiefs of Staff, failed three polygraph tests about leaking classified information to journalists

Pentagon says it has referred leak case to justice department for criminal investigation

The Pentagon has removed Gen. Brett Sylvia from his position as head of strategy, plans, and policy on the Joint Staff, a year after his predecessor, Gen. Joseph McGee, was forced to retire

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner, Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, a Pentagon official told CBS News.

Despite bipartisan criticism, Pete Hegseth has kept his job. But tensions with President Donald Trump and backlash over the war in Iran may cloud his future.

The announcement Wednesday is the latest action by the allies, who have repeatedly expressed alarm over China's growing assertiveness in Asia.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attempted to assuage Southeast Asian partners this week that the U.S. is dedicated to its allies in the Asia-Pacific region and pitched a defense framework to guide cooperation in the next few years during his trip to the…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted a top military strategist from the Pentagon, The Hill has learned, marking another senior officer who has been removed from the department since Hegseth took the helm close to two years ago. Hegseth fired Army Lt.…

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth fires Pentagon's top military planner amid leadership cuts, raising questions about US military strategy and accountability.

The United States and Japan have agreed to establish a Japanese facility for the joint production of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, the Japanese defense chief said

The United States and Japan have agreed to establish a Japanese facility for the joint production of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, the Japanese defense chief said.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is tiptoeing around the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, denouncing the Pentagon chief in the sharpest terms but without taking the further step of endorsing Hegseth’s forced removal.…

President Trump is headed for a showdown with Democrats and members of his party after Election Day over Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s future leadership of the Pentagon, the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine war.…

The U.S. defense chief touted rising investment, greater access, more realistic training “and stronger production of the munitions our forces need.”

Hegseth has complained about women in combat roles, pushed for testosterone deficiency screenings and called for ‘no wimps’ in the military

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Democrats will run Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “out of town” if they take the majority in the November midterms.…