Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth tours Long Beach rocket factory

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth toured the factory of Long Beach rocket and satellite maker Rocket Lab, one of a new wave ...
Human Rights Watch

United States: Trump Call to Militarize Cities Risks Abuse

(Washington, DC) – Remarks by United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump at a joint address to top military leaders on September 30, 2025, raise grave concerns that the ...
San Antonio Express-News

Pete Hegseth calls himself secretary of war but he's actually not. Here's why.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made a show of adopting a new title — “secretary of war” — and calling the agency he leads the “Department of War,” its pre-1949 name. At the Pentagon, workers have ...

Sen. Mark Kelly: ‘I'm not backing down from the president and secretary of defense’

Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona says he is not backing down from President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after a formal censure letter was sent to Secretary of the Navy John Phelan ...