Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth added that "hopefully" governors in other states would mobilize their Guards themselves and ...

Congressional Democrats started the fight. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended it. Hegseth was called before the House ...

The defense secretary also suggested in his testimony to a House panel that the use of the National Guard for homeland ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to commit to following federal court or Supreme Court rulings regarding the Pentagon’s ...

The defense secretary argued that courts shouldn't dictate U.S. national security policy, despite legal challenges.

The troop deployment triggered several fiery exchanges that at times devolved into shouting matches as committee members and ...

Several California Democrats questioned Hegseth about the immigration raids that have roiled Los Angeles, the federal ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say Thursday whether he would follow a federal district court order if it rules that the Trump administration's troop deployments to Los Angeles are illegal.

The Defense secretary said he’d comply with a Supreme Court order blocking Trump’s domestic deployment, but did not commit to the other courts.

The DHS secretary's request would have exceeded authorities invoked by President Trump when he deployed the National Guard to ...