United States Secretary of Defense

US Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted the opening meeting of an "anti-Christian bias" task force Tuesday, as the government pressed federal workers to inform on work colleagues engaging in discriminatory behavior.Although the United States has the world's largest Christian population, President Donal...

The chaos in the Pentagon is only getting worse amid the fallout from the latest "Signalgate" revelations against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, reported Politico on Tuesday evening. Barely a few weeks after the initial reporting that Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, leaked highly sensiti...

In a panel discussion on Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski, along with her panel, compared and ridiculed Hegseth for his comments on securing data against his two Signal chat scandals."Apparently, the standard operating procedure inside the Clinton secretary of state office was to send emails that couldn...

Military lawyers question Pentagon head Pete Hegseth's defense that he didn't share anything revealing in Signal chat group with his wife and brother.

The Justice Department just gave DOGE access to a system with the personal data of immigrants—both legal and undocumented.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's days at the Pentagon may be numbered, according to reports.

NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including the Trump administration's deportation agenda is causing some fractures among Democrats as they consider if and how to respond and the controversy surrounding Defense Secretary Hegseth.

NBC News Senior National Security Correspondent Courtney Kube explains the details surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's signal group chat, where he shared sensitive information on Yemen strikes with his wife and brother.

Official tells NPR search is underway to replace Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Catholics mourn Pope Francis' death, Supreme Court weighs who should decide public school curriculum.

The mistakes, miscommunications and flip-flops are piling up after an early run defined by a flood of major policy changes that were rolled out at breakneck speed.

The "Atlantic editor" chatroom was just one of those he was blathering in, and the New York Times has found another.

And the gaslighting continues, as Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claims with a straight face that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is doing a "phenomenal job." "The president stands strongly behind Secretary…

The defense secretary shared war plans in another group chat that included members of his family.

Pete Hegseth on Sunday got wrapped up in another scandal involving a second, previously unreported, Signal chat in which sensitive attack plans were shared, this time with his wife and his brother, according to a news report.Hegseth was recently under fire for sharing terrorist attack plans in an un...

Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. "We are being set up for a really, really bad situation," says one.

Last week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth completed a highly anticipated trip to Panama. Hegseth spent several days in the country as part of the 2025 Central American Security Conference, sig

And now Trump is throwing it all away.

Department of Defense has been investigating leaks to the media

A female Army Ranger, in a first, competed in one of the military's toughest tests of physical fitness. She bested many of her opponents.

A lawsuit over the Trump administration's infamous Houthi Signal group chat has revealed what steps departments took to preserve the messages—and how little they actually saved.