One of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top advisers has recommended that the Defense Department cut ties with Scouting America, known for decades as the Boy Scouts, saying it is too “woke ...

While in Panama on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reiterated the Trump administration's warnings about China's growing presence in the Western Hemisphere as tensions between the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal from “China’s influence” on Tuesday during a visit to the key shipping lane.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure. Hegseth’s remarks triggered a ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at the Central American Security Conference in Panama City, Panama. Planes clip wings while taxiing at Reagan airport: One had members of Congress aboard What ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. The Chinese government responded after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Tuesday that the Panama Canal remains under persistent threat from China.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is talking up American efforts to work with Panama to safeguard its canal from Chinese influence, a major departure from President Donald Trump’s threats to take ...

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to hike the Pentagon budget to over $1 trillion for the first time ever. Speaking to reporters alongside Israeli Prime Minister ...