Pete Hegseth
US to test Active Denial System energy weapon for potential use along border with Mexico - report
Despite being nonlethal, potential use of the weapon system on the US-Mexico border has raised concerns over potential direct and indirect harm to its targets.
Netanyahu meets with Hegseth days before election as Hanegbi backs Liberman
Netanyahu, Hegseth hold covert meeting at Israel's Ovda air base days before Israel's election
Military execution of Foot Hood gunman will not be livestreamed, Trump says
US strikes Iran for second day, hitting military surveillance capabilities, air defense systems
“Those strikes that will happen tonight will be strong and clear, and if they have to happen tomorrow night they will be strong and clear,” Hegseth asserted, adding that US CENTCOM will be “busy."
Hegseth blocked female, minority Navy officers from promotion to admiral - report
According to the report, Pentagon rules outline that the defense secretary is only supposed to remove officers from the promotion list for professional failings that would impact their new role.
Trump admin. in advanced talks to directly fund US drone firms to boost production - report
People familiar with the deal said it would allow drone makers to scale up production while simultaneously bringing down prices. The funding the US would supply would not be for buying drones
Pentagon chief sounds 'alarm' over China's buildup, urges allies to boost defense spending
Trump, who met with China's President Xi Jinping earlier this month, has pointedly said European and NATO partners should reduce reliance on Washington.
US ready to restart strikes on Iran if no deal reached, Pentagon chief says
President Trump said on Friday he would meet in a secure White House room to make a "final determination" on a proposal to end the Iran war.
Trump’s Evangelical alliance alarms defenders of religious freedom - opinion
In America, the assault on basic democratic principles continues, with Christian nationalism increasingly in the forefront.
Iran’s parliament to vote on bill offering €50 million reward for killing Trump, Netanyahu
The bill, titled “Reciprocal action by military and security forces of the Islamic Republic,” is one of several pieces of legislation aimed at formalizing the threats made by the regime.
Pete Hegseth welcomes USS Gerald R. Ford home after record deployment
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth presented the crew with the Presidential Unit Citation award, the highest collective honor a military unit can receive in the US Armed Forces.
US-Israel attacks on Iran could resume as early as next week - report
US President Donald Trump said Iran can either make a deal or "get annihilated," adding that the Islamic Republic has refused to acknowledge multiple deals already agreed to.
Iran retains access to majority of missile launch sites, US intelligence shows - report
According to The New York Times, Iran can also use the missile stockpiles in non-operational sites by transferring them via mobile launchers.