Changes to hiring and retention practices grew the department by 19,000 people in four years. But former officials warn that's still not enough for Trump's ambitious policy goals.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Thomas D. Homan, President Trump’s border czar, toured areas near Mexico. By Reyes Mata III and Eric Schmitt Reyes Mata III reported from the southwestern U.S ...

Fort Bliss officials confirmed that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was visiting the Borderland on Monday. His visit includes stops along the border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, where ...

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico – Pete Hegseth’s motorcade stirred a cloud of dust around dozens of troops and border agents waiting in the desert to greet the new defense secretary. It was his first ...

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – Pete Hegseth’s motorcade stirred a cloud of dust around dozens of troops and border agents waiting in the desert to greet the new defense secretary. It was his first visit ...

We will finally succeed and have operational control of the southern border," said Homan. Recently, the Department of Defense deployed 1,500 troops to the El Paso and San Diego sectors.

EFFORTS TO SECURE THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER CONTINUE. ALYSSA MUNOZ WAS AT THE BORDER AS THE DEFENSE SECRETARY WAS ALSO THERE. WELL, THE US-MEXICO BORDER RUNS FROM TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA. AND FOR SOME ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited troops at the border in El Paso, Texas, where he pledged the Pentagon’s full support to Border Patrol in gaining “operational control” of the US ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday met with troops at the U.S. border with Mexico, where he pledged “100 percent operational control” of the area. Hegseth, who traveled with White House ...

Fort Bliss officials confirmed that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was visiting the Borderland on Monday. His visit includes stops along the border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, where ...