President Trump blasted Democrats Thursday over their ongoing calls to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom they see as one of their primary targets, if the party takes control of the House. “I think it’s terrible. All they do is they talk about impeaching everybody,” the president told reporters when asked if he is worried…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted a top military strategist from the Pentagon, The Hill has learned, marking another senior officer who has been removed from the department since Hegseth took the helm close to two years ago. Hegseth fired Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, who was the director for strategy, plans and policy on the…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attempted to assuage Southeast Asian partners this week that the U.S. is dedicated to its allies in the Asia-Pacific region and pitched a defense framework to guide cooperation in the next few years during his trip to the Philippines. Hegseth said the Trump administration’s “strong, quiet and clear” approach to the…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is tiptoeing around the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, denouncing the Pentagon chief in the sharpest terms but without taking the further step of endorsing Hegseth’s forced removal. Jeffries’s careful approach highlights the delicate dance Democratic leaders are attempting as they seek to balance the various interests in…
The cost of the U.S.’s war against Iran has gone up to $47 billion, an increase of more than $3 billion since last month, as President Trump mulls launching strikes against the Islamic Republic after the U.S. midterm elections. The biggest chunk of the cost is munition replacement at $29 billion, according to an Oct.…
The Pentagon is funding a naval training facility in Ecuador’s largest city as the United States deepens its security cooperation with the South American nation in a broader push to combat drug cartels on the continent, two U.S. officials familiar with the efforts told The Hill. Virginia-based contractor Culmen International secured a contract to help…
The Pentagon is pressing Congress to keep measures in the annual defense policy bill that would formally authorize the name change from Department of Defense to “Department of War.” “President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had the conviction to say so plainly. Many in Washington would have left the name alone. The…
The U.S. military has drawn up options to potentially attack Iran after the U.S. midterm elections, possibly renewing the conflict that has lasted over eight months. The U.S. Central Command (Centcom), which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East, has plans ready to conduct follow-up strikes against Iran if there’s authorization from the White House,…
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senators urge Hegseth, Rubio to release funding for Baltic Security Initiative A bipartisan group of senators are urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to release the remaining congressional-approved funds for the…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth barred all Pentagon staff from using undisclosed information to place wagers on forthcoming U.S. military action using betting platforms and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. “Make no mistake why this matters. Our enemies watch movements in these markets,” Hegseth said in a memo, first obtained by CBS News. “When an American…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team dropped and damaged a historic World War II-era globe previously used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a source familiar with the incident told The Hill on Thursday. While moving the artifact to the secretary’s office, Hegseth’s staff lost control of the 30-inch floor globe, causing it to crash on its…
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