WARSAW (Reuters) -European countries need to invest now in defence because it is not possible to assume that the United States' presence on the continent will last forever, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a group of European leaders that restoring Ukraine's pre-2014 borders was an 'illusionary goal.' ...

The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are ...

Remember when Pete Hegseth’s line on Ukraine was panned as a “rookie mistake”? His error has apparently become the official ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday flatly ruled out the possibility of dispatching US troops to Ukraine to fend off Russian invaders — as the war approaches its third year. Hegseth, 44, ...

Pete made a statement today saying that he thinks it ... prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the security of Europe,” he said. Hegseth’s comments did not necessarily ...

In general Europeans are glumly conceding the Trump team has a point, at least on Ukraine and defense matters.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly issued a directive to U.S. Cyber Command to halt the planning and implementation of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing Pentagon agencies and the military to cut their budgets by 8 percent as part of a ...

Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth has ordered the preparation of plans to cut the defense budget by 8% annually over five years, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result in an 8 percent cut to the defense budget for each year over the next five ...