Pete Hegseth is said to have lost the respect of his senior officers after an “embarrassing” speech in which he railed against “fat troops” and the state of the US armed forces.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet US counterpart Pete Hegseth in Malaysia on Friday to ease tensions following Washington’s recent tariff hike on Indian imports, two officials said. The meeting,

Self-designated Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was met with an excruciatingly awkward silence as he tried to act as a hype man for President Donald Trump during a speech. Hegseth took to the stage just before Trump on board the USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan on Tuesday,

A memo obtained by CBS News directs nearly all correspondence with Congress to go through the assistant secretary for legislative affairs.

The meeting is notable for its size and timing, and for the fact that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered his entire senior officer corps to Washington on short notice.

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe.

New policy prioritizes war on "enemies within" and drug cartels rather than curbing Russian and Chinese aggression.

In an interview with NBC News, Trump discussed the meeting and what he'll tell the military leaders: "You know the expression 'esprit de corps'? That's all it's about."

President Donald Trump and other senior U.S. leaders are on tour in Asia this week affirming alliances against the backdrop of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in South Korea. Ahead of the conference at Gyeongju,