In a tense exchange with Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded to questions regarding ...

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 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced sharp questioning over his refusal to endorse the National Guard deployment that defended the Capitol on January 6th, even as he supports using military forces ...

Conn., pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about a potential "double standard" about deploying the National Guard for ...

Murphy called Hegseth’s response evidence of a double standard. “You are not willing to defend against attacks made on our democracy by supporters of the president, but you are willing to ...

"we still end up with a double standard." In response to Hegseth's remarks, the embassy said in a separate Facebook post that the U.S. "claims to safeguard peace and not to seek conflicts. We've heard ...

China has denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality.

China on Sunday denounced US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality as tensions between Washington and Beijing further ...

"we still end up with a double standard." In response to Hegseth's remarks, the embassy said in a separate Facebook post that the U.S. "claims to safeguard peace and not to seek conflicts.

“Hegseth deliberately ignored the call for ... after French President Emmanuel Macron warned of a dangerous double standard in focusing on a potential conflict with China at the cost of ...