WASHINGTON – Joe Kasper is out as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff, the fourth top official to be fired or reassigned in the last week amid political turmoil at the Pentagon.

I think he’s gonna get it together,” the president said of the defense secretary, suggesting Trump doesn't believe Hegseth ...

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Hegseth's wife, Jennifer Rauchet, was reportedly among those who approved the idea Kiyoshi Ota/Pool/Getty Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly ordered the Pentagon to install a makeup ...

CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the Midstate on Wednesday. Hegseth, who has been at the center of controversy recently after allegations claimed he ...

As Pete Hegseth stares down yet another controversy and more calls from critics to resign, he has a potent ally not just in President Trump, but in Trump’s Make America Great Again movement.

Hegseth acknowledged Wednesday that his first months at the helm of the 3 million-member Department of Defense had been challenging. He said that Trump had warned him when he took the job, "'Pete ...

In a 2016 video, now Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said any military or government official would be “fired on the spot” if they shared secure communications with the public. This comment ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth struck a defiant, and, at times, profane tone on April 23 in an address to the Army War College amid mounting criticism of his use of a commercial messaging app to share ...