After World Wars I and II, war got a bad name. U.S. leaders recast military might as a way to prevent war. Hegseth thinks it's time to re-emphasize "lethality." ...

Hegseth said he wanted to "streamline leadership by reducing excess general and flag officer positions." ...

The last time there was a War Department, Hollywood still made most of its movies in black and white, and Americans were falling in love with a new entertainment device called the TV set.

Contrary to the secretary's bluster, we see better results when peace and security work includes women, write Abby Finkenauer and Geeta Rao Gupta.

Pentagon also orders libraries on military bases to pull books addressing 'diversity, anti-racism or gender issues.' ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered a 20% reduction in the number of four-star officers, deepening cuts at ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday said that going forward admissions to military academies will be based exclusively on merit and race, sex and ethnicity will not be considered.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Army ... of President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth, they basically have empowered the United States Army to go make the hard decisions and ...

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced steep cuts in the number of top-ranked officers in his latest move to streamline the world’s most powerful military. In a memo on ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Army to undergo a "comprehensive transformation" as he is calling for the prioritization of defending the homeland.

This is the first opportunity we’ve had to host the secretary of defense,” Hill said with a broad smile, adding, “It is pretty cool.” Hill said that having Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth come ... And ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... of sensitive and classified information across the Department of Defense.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lost another member of his team Thursday as former ...