The defense secretary will appear before lawmakers for the first time since his contentious January confirmation hearing.

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the White House’s proposed defense budget for fiscal 2026 is insufficient ...

The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has ...

The Office of Management and Budget "has a responsibility to get management to the services so that contracts can be executed in a timely fashion," she said, noting that every defense contractor ...

Hegseth instructed the director of the Operational Test and Evaluation Office to “immediately eliminate any non-statutory” ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is blasting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his decision this week to appoint a new director of the Pentagon’s operational test ...

Hegseth's memo said the cuts would save the Pentagon over $300 million per year. The cost to operate the office was roughly $377 million, according to Fiscal Year 2025 Pentagon budget documents.

Hegseth will appear alongside the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, in front of the House and Senate appropriations defense subcommittees.

Hegseth returns to Capitol Hill to defend Trump's defense budget plan In May, the administration asked Congress for a $892.6 billion base defense budget , of which around $850 billion would go to ...

Wicker expressed frustration at the “precious little detail and no follow-on data about fiscal years 2027, 2028, or 2029” and said the Office of Management and Budget “intends to maintain ...

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent personnel cuts in the Pentagon office responsible for weapons testing has halted all work and cleared the way for potential layoffs at the ...