US defence secretary Pete Hegseth demanded big defence contractors speed up weapons development and production or “fade away”, as he declared a new era of procurement competition.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday poked fun at one of the Trump White House’s most embarrassing early second-term scandals. Speaking at Fox Nation’s 2025 Patriot Awards, the former Fox News host — who now styles himself as “Secretary of War” — spotted U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz in the audience and called out:

Former Fox News weekend morning show host turned Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, returned to his old stomping grounds on Thursday night

NEW YORK (AP) — Armed with a 10-point plan and pacing a stage in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth enumerated for hundreds of assembled military leaders just how much of the force’s policy, philosophy and culture will change for more than 2 million Americans in uniform under President Donald Trump’s command.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to the heavily fortified DMZ came ahead of talks expected to involve Washington’s goal of reshaping the role of U.S. troops in Korea.

Secretary of State Pete Hegseth declared that the Pentagon was readying its soldiers in case U.S. enemies decide to "FAFO," or "f*ck around and find out."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth returned to his Fox News stomping grounds on Thursday in an appearance at the network’s Patriot Awards, where he tried to make light of one of his largest scandals  — to mixed results.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces had attacked a vessel operated by “narco-terrorists” in the Caribbean, killing three people on board. The U.S. has stepped up its efforts to counter drug trafficking in the waters off South America, saying the American public has to be protected from the scourge of narcotics.

The US carried out precision airstrikes in June on three major Iranian nuclear sites, marking Washington's first direct intervention in Israel-Tehran conflict

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit Fort Wayne next week to attend the fourth annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit according to a press release issued Wednesday by Senator Jim Banks.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth slams Pentagon bureaucracy as Soviet-style central planning that threatens US defense capabilities and puts troops at risk.