Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to think he has ultimate power when it comes to immigration enforcement.

Trump’s Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth struck a defiant tone, leveling his own accusations at lawmakers who took aim at his ...

Over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Asian countries of China seeking to become a "hegemonic power" in the region. "We are reorienting toward deterring aggression by Communist ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth participates in an announcement by President Donald Trump about moving forward with the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office of the White House ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used an overseas trip to warn against China. In his early days in office, the defense secretary mainly made news for his moves against DEI, a Signal chat that included a ...

China criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday for his "vilified" remarks "filled with provocations" in which he said the Asian country poses a legitimate threat in the Indo-Pacific.

China calls Pete Hegseth's remarks "deplorable." Hegseth urged Asian allies to step up defense spending. China warned against "interference" in the South China Sea and Taiwan. BEIJING − China ...

BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality as tensions between Washington ...

China accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of espousing a “Cold War mentality” in a speech “filled with provocations” in Singapore on Saturday. “Hegseth deliberately ignored the call ...

“Mr. Hegseth repeatedly smeared and attacked China and relentlessly played up the so-called ‘China threat,’” it said. “As a matter of fact, the U.S. itself is the biggest ‘troublemaker’ for regional ...