The defense secretary said, in so many words, that we cannot count on the Pentagon's compliance with a federal court order.

NATO allies can’t entirely hedge their security concerns around “reliance on America,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly warned during his visit to Brussels Thursday to meet… ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth applauded President Donald Trump’s efforts at the NATO Summit this week in the Netherlands. It was all part of a press briefing meant to address growing concerns ...

NATO allies are currently required to spend at least 2% of their country’s GDP on defense, but the U.S. is pushing for that to more than double to 5%. No country is currently at that 5% marker.

Hegseth’s office cited scheduling concerns as the reason for his absence from the meeting, though the defense secretary will be in Brussels on Thursday for a different NATO meeting.

NATO countries are using creative math to meet the U.S. president’s demand to more than double annual spending, partly by expanding what counts beyond soldiers and weapons.

US President Donald Trump dominated the discussions at this year’s NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands – receiving gushing praise for his actions on Iran and defense spending as he came away ...

In meetings with NATO ministers, Mr. Rubio is expected to press Mr. Trump’s call for a swift end to the war in Ukraine, an approach that alarms many European leaders, who overwhelmingly support ...

U.S. warships will travel through the Panama Canal "first and free," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday as he visited the nation to push back on Chinese influence.

NATO is set to approve new military purchases as part of a major defense spending hike Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts will meet on June 24-25 to agree to new defense investment goals ...

Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis said that the opinion piece blasting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, written by former Pentagon spokesperson John Ullyot, is "pretty damning ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday he was confident that members of the NATO alliance would sign up to Donald Trump's demand for a major boost in defence spending, adding that it ...