News; Nation; Hegseth says he ‘won’t blink’ in the face of criticism of his leadership April 22, 2025 Updated Tue., April 22, 2025 at 12:23 p.m. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office faces multiple unfilled roles after reportedly repeated rejections from job candidates.

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

Hegseth amps up criticism of ‘leakers’ after more scrutiny of Signal usage. The defense secretary has not denied a new report but insisted that no classified information was shared, seeking to ...

Trump attributed the barrage of Hegseth criticism to the good job he’s doing. “He was put there to get rid of a lot of bad people and that’s what he’s doing” the President said.

Hegseth could 'implode on his own' even as Trump sticks by him Trump dismisses Pentagon controversies, but there are growing doubts about how long this can last. By Dasha Burns , Eli Stokols and ...

Hegseth, still within the first 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump's second administration, has been a magnet for criticism over ... and infighting under the leadership of the former Fox ...

Hegseth is resolute in the face of criticism but not dismissive. “When you boil it down, it is a reaction to us advancing the president’s agenda, which is a threat to this town, which is a ...

President Trump on Monday defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid new reporting about a Signal app chat and criticism from former Pentagon officials. “He is doing a great job. … ...

Its members included Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer, a former Fox News producer who is not a Defense Department employee but has often traveled with Hegseth overseas and drawn criticism for at times ...

The information that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared on the second Signal chat included the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen, according to some of the ...