Like a turtle on its back, Pete Hegseth is floundering.

Amid talk of war crimes, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing intensifying scrutiny. By Charlie Savage Julian E. Barnes Eric Schmitt and John ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended Navy Admiral Mitch Bradley on Monday, calling him “an American hero” amid reports that Bradley ordered the follow-up boat strike during a recent military ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized the Sept. 2 strikes on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, while saying it ...

(The Hill) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday evening made light of the mounting scrutiny he faces over a report that he gave an order to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug boat in the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to respond to his critics amid controversy over missile strikes on alleged drug boats by posting a parody image of a much-loved children’s character. In a post ...

“The View” called Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s alleged orders to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in Venezuela in a second strike is “flat out murder” while discussing how his actions ...

WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump says he will look into whether the United States carried out a second strike against a boat in the Caribbean that the administration says was smuggling drugs, as he ...