A conversation between US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and senior Mexican officials has sparked tension. Mexican ...

The defense secretary’s told Mexican security officials the U.S. was ready to take unilateral action against the country’s ...

The defense secretary threatened Mexico with unspecified "unilateral action" in a call with the country's leaders, according ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested on a call with leaders in Mexico last month that U.S. military action inside their ...

Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the nation’s most senior military officer, Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, a Black ...

Pastor with ties to Pete Hegseth claimed slavery promoted ‘affection between the races’ in South - Pastor Douglas Wilson, of ...

The Trump administration has already demonstrated open contempt for Black military officers, Salon's Amanda Marcotte argued ...

Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who ...

With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See ...

New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is proposing radical changes in the Pentagon. Here's what you can expect from him.

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 ...

The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, ...