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On July 29, NBC reported that Hegseth has "privately discussed the idea of running for political office." While the ...

During a House Armed Services Committee hearing held on June 12, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to answer Congressman Carlos Gimenez's (R-FL) question on whether or not the United States ...

The Department of Homeland Security is looking to boost its deployment of the military on the streets of the U.S. in order to ...

The Pentagon has scheduled its first major test of the multibillion-dollar Golden Dome missile defense system for just before ...

The Department of Defense is working to deliver on President Donald Trump's promise of having his proposed Golden Dome missile defense system in operation.

At the Shangri-La Dialogue, the largest Asian security summit, United States Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, stated in front of a crowd full of Defense ministers, generals, and diplomats that ...