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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has seven kids between his ex-wife, Samantha Deering, and his wife, Jennifer Hegseth. Here's ...

In the eight-decade history of the Pentagon, there has not been a single defense secretary who has not vowed to vanquish the inefficiencies of a hidebound procurement bureaucracy that has consistently ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has been married three times. His second wife allegedly had a code word she used when she was ...

Between rumors circulating that President Donald Trump performed oral sex on Bill Clinton and the very porny names Pete Hegseth has given his military operations, and the A-Gays in positions of power, ...

A recent tweet from Secretary of Defense “War” Pete Hegseth has prompted widespread mockery online. “OPERATION ROUGH RIDER = Freedom of Navigation for U.S. ships,” he began. “OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER ...

Kelly made his remarks on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airing on Wednesday. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., blasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Tuesday, calling him ...

Your editorial “Trump and a New ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ ” (Nov. 17) notes what the Pentagon will need to implement Secretary Pete Hegseth’s acquisition reforms: a sense of urgency, demand signal ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth returned to familiar territory during his latest military rant, unleashing another tirade against “woke” ideology and “beardos” in the ranks. Hegseth, who walked onstage ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday evening a new operation dubbed “Southern Spear” to quash “narco-terrorists” in the Western Hemisphere. Hegseth said the mission is being led by ...

Welcome back to Monday Barf Bag. In the latest episode of fallen Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth’s army rebrand that absolutely no one asked for, the secretary of “war” has announced three new military ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that 500 more National Guard troops will be deployed to Washington, D.C., after two National Guard members were shot blocks from the White House on Wednesday. “That ...