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Messages relayed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over a March Signal chat regarding the U.S. plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen came from a email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” according to the ...

The revelation contradicts the Trump administration’s long-standing claims that no classified information was shared by the ...

GOP Rep. Don Bacon, who helped lead the effort to change military base names, voted for a draft law defunding efforts to ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth restored the names of Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, which were originally named for Confederate ...

The clash was sparked by claims that a team leader with Elon Musk’s DOGE cost-cutting department had called law enforcement on a colleague, people familiar said.

Mike Waltz, Trump's former national security adviser, faced questions from Democrats on the Signal chat controversy Tuesday ...

Investigators are asking about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s lawyer and a top aide as they look into the Signal app controversy.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine without informing the White ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, according to five sources familiar with the matter, setting ...