Investigations are mounting into the legality of strikes that have killed scores of people in the waters off Venezuela.

U.S. troops with facial hair were barred from attending an upcoming event with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in South Korea this week, according to reports. An email purportedly from the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base in South Korea — posted to an ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Tuesday denied direct responsibility for a Sept. 2 follow-up boat strike on alleged drug traffickers, saying he “watched that first strike live” but “moved on” before Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley ordered a second strike that killed two survivors.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he wasn’t in the room for any additional strikes on a boat suspected of carrying illegal drugs in international waters on Sept. 2.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sharply criticized Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for defending a second military strike on survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat in

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces growing scrutiny over an attack on an alleged drug boat. His response included a parody of the kids' book character Franklin, showing the turtle firing at boats.