THE SENATE CONFIRMED Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense in January after a rocky nomination process. The former Fox host’s long list of alleged wrongdoings and improprieties, including accusations ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in Asia, where he spoke at a defense summit in Singapore over the weekend. And he gave a stark warning about China's threat to the status quo in the region.

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 ...

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 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 − China protested to the United States against "vilifying" remarks made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the foreign ministry said June 1, while accusing Washington of deliberately ...

Longtime CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr blasted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for curtailing press access in the Pentagon because his actions have embarrassed him many times over and ...

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 ...

China accused the U.S. of provoking conflict after Pete Hegseth called China a threat at the Shangri-La Dialogue. Chinese Foreign Ministry warned the U.S. not to “play with fire” over Taiwan, calling ...

On a visit to Asia, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signaled the U.S. will reorient its policy in the region toward, as he put it, quote, "deterring aggression by communist China." NPR's Anthony ...