Pete Hegseth was met with bipartisan criticism Wednesday during the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee hearing.

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said at least nine people face federal charges related to the demonstrations. More charges are expected, Essayli said at a briefing Wednesday. “We are looking at hundreds of people.

The Pentagon chief stumbled when pressed on the legal underpinning for the deployment of 700 Marines to California.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified as the Trump administration faces criticism over its decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles in response to protests over local immigration raids.

Hegseth jokes about US allies doing nothing in Afghanistan – despite hundreds losing their lives - ‘Don’t try and make it look like I don’t care’, insisted secretary after saying he saw a ‘lotta flags

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to field sharp questions from members of Congress about his tumultuous start as Pentagon chief in a series of hearings beginning Tuesday.

Hegseth has strongly defended Trump’s militarized response to protests over federal immigration raids but would not directly answer a question from a lawmaker Wednesday about whether he supported the decision to activate the National Guard during the Jan.

Hegseth is "making the Pentagon as difficult to cover as possible. And the next step is to ban reporters entirely from the Pentagon"

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing today, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth launches a tirade about NATO allies not contributing enough. He lashes out at Senator Chris Coons, who reminds him of the sacrifices that NATO allies made in Afghanistan.

Secretary Hegseth has authorized the voluntary departure of U.S. military dependents from CENTCOM locations amid rising tensions in the Middle East.