Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has vowed to purge the Pentagon of what he has called “woke” policies and personnel, and to reshape the military’s top ranks.

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President ... civilians and an $850 billion budget under the Pentagon's authority.

What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more ...

The Senate voted Wednesday to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, teeing him up for confirmation Thursday morning. The GOP-controlled cham ...

The security detail for former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, which was provided by the Defense Department, was revoked Tuesday night, a U.S. official and a Defense Department official told CBS ...

Trump nominated Kennedy to be his secretary of Health and Human Services, leading a department with a $1.8-billion budget and 90,000 employees. Among the agencies and programs that fall under the ...

conduct surveillance and provide transportation under Republican and Democratic administrations alike. But visits by defense secretaries are uncommon. In 2018, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's first visit to the Borderland was more than a chance to inspect border operations; it was a chance to bolster immigration enforcement. Border Czar Tom Homan ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited troops at the ... agents who are there to repel an “invasion.” He said that under the Biden admin, agents were “babysitting” and releasing ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will be visiting troops in El Paso, according to a post by Hegseth on X. Hegseth announced his visit to the southern border, along with Joint Task Force ...

Fort Bliss officials confirmed that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was visiting the Borderland on Monday. His visit includes stops along the border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, where ...

Update: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Border Czar Tom ... "Tens of millions of people have poured across this border under Joe Biden's administration unchecked. We have no idea who they ...