Hegseth’s tune on Panama is decidedly different from the rhetoric employed by Trump following his November election victory.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s hunt for suspected leakers inside the Pentagon has claimed its third victim.

The defense secretary warned China has “too much influence” over the vital waterway and that the Trump administration “is ...

China’s hypersonic missiles could destroy U.S. aircraft carriers in just 20 minutes, warns U.S. Defense Secretary Pete ...

One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took a victory lap over two recent “historic” agreements on the Panama Canal, marking major ...

Still, Hegseth’s message was clear: deterrence is key in the Indo-Pacific region in the face of China’s aggression — and the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on countering China's influence at the Panama Canal and nuclear talks with Iran.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, fresh off a weeklong trip to Panama, accused China on Sunday of attempting to seize the country’s historic Canal. “The communist Chinese want to control politicians,” ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired back at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Sunday after the New York Democrat called him and other Trump appointees "Dumb Effing Individuals," a play on the ...