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 ...

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, ...

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

A post shared on X claims Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that it would take seven years to build the necessary ships to confront Russia. Verdict: False Hegeseth said that the U.S. should ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result ...

As Europe faces a future where American military support is uncertain, the continent is being forced to rethink its security ...

European leaders have questions about what President Trump might do with U.S. troops and want to keep NATO posture off the ...

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 ...