CNN reported Hegseth did not inform the White House before authorizing the pause on weapons shipments and that key officials — including Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, and ...

GOP lawmakers say the weapons freeze may have been the result of “miscommunication” between Trump and Hegseth. A senior Senate Republican aide called it “a clear goof-up on a lot of levels.” ...

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis expressed skepticism over Pete Hegseth’s leadership at the Pentagon, telling CNN on Wednesday that the defense secretary appeared “out of his depth as a manager of a large ...

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) called on Friday for Senate hearings into reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not inform President Donald Trump of a pause in sending weapons to Ukraine last ...

Meanwhile, a "mark-up" of the House version of the defense bill by Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican Armed Services Committee chair, renews funding to Ukraine, but without the Senate's $200 million ...

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to immediately ban non-U.S. citizens from accessing U.S. military computer systems. In a letter se… ...

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, the Rhode Island Democrat, talks about Pete Hegseth's leadership of the Department of Defense and the bombing of Iranian nuclear sites.

GOP lawmakers say the weapons freeze may have been the result of “miscommunication” between Trump and Hegseth. A senior Senate Republican aide called it “a clear goof-up on a lot of levels.” ...