Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slams Democrats who accused the Marines and the National Guard of being ill-equipped to ...

Pete Hegseth faced bipartisan criticism over the Trump administration’s response to Ukraine as the president struggles to ...

The defense secretary also suggested in his testimony to a House panel that the use of the National Guard for homeland ...

He has faced criticism from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats who have said the troops are adding fuel to the fire and are not being put to good use. Hegseth calls foreign aid ...

Republicans, for their part, sought to poke holes in Democrats’ criticism. They praised Hegseth for being “a breath of fresh air” and offered sympathetic accounts written by women service ...

The revelation of the leaked group chat set off a flurry of criticism from Democrats, including calls for consequences. DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement that Hegseth should resign or be ...

The cascading criticism from congressional Democrats for Hegseth to go compounds a week of turmoil at the Pentagon. A wave of firings of senior staff amid a leak investigation and open ...

Several Democratic senators are questioning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over President ... But the move has been met with criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike. Democrats, in the ...

Watch live coverage as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the 2026 ...