Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's behavior has become "erratic" and he seems increasingly "insecure" about his job, sources told NBC News.

A defiant Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth booked himself on the television network where he used to work as a host Tuesday morning in a bid to address the fallout over revelations that he discussed ...

Last month the public learned a journalist was accidentally ... In a resurfaced 2023 Fox News appearance, Hegseth took aim at President Joe Biden over classified documents found in his possession.

Her activities have included coordinating her husband’s media appearances and meeting with job candidates, say people ...

Pete Hegseth was never qualified to be the secretary ... through his Senate confirmation hearings and almost every other public appearance since taking his post. But if someone in the ...

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has altered a space behind the Pentagon briefing room to use as a makeup studio before media appearances ... not held a public briefing ...

President Donald Trump has stood behind Hegseth amid the controversies, and the White House denied a report by National Public Radio ... hours after his Fox News appearance that the reporting ...

Then, further allegations about Trump’s defence pick were made public. In a furious email, sent around the time of Mr Hegseth’s second divorce, his own mother, Penelope, called him an “abuser of women ...

The Trump administration claims it is saving billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars by gutting every federal department it can, firing tens of thousands of employees and slashing essential ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service at the Pentagon on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a ...

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