Hegseth is hardly the only prominent Republican official who has dodged the question since President Donald Trump ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz both refused to call Russia the aggressor in the ...

Two of President Donald Trump’s top advisers declined to describe Russia as the aggressor in the war in Ukraine, as the ...

Two percent is a start, as President Trump has said, but it’s not enough, nor is 3%, nor is 4% — more like 5%,” the defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joins ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to end the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there’s “no betrayal” in the U.S. position on ending the war in Ukraine, as the Trump ...

By Eric Schmitt and John Ismay Reporting from Washington Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... chips with Russia off the table. “There is no betrayal there,” Mr. Hegseth said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said of potential negotiations to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that "everything is on the table." "I want to be clear about something as it pertains ...

Obama officials and Trump critics spoke harshly of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he took returning Ukraine to its ...

Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other allies of President Trump won't state a plain fact about the war. Politics has a way ...