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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 10.

News media will no longer be allowed to roam the corridors of the Pentagon without official approval and without a department escort under strict new rules announced this week by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Secretary of State Pete Hegseth on Tuesday that he would order the Pentagon to engage in a “comprehensive review” of former President Joe Biden’s abrupt withdrawal from Afghanistan – with a particular focus on the failures that led to a suicide bombing at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport that killed 13 American Service members.

The Pentagon is reportedly barring gender transition treatments for so-called “transgender troops,” the news coming after former President Joe Biden (D) allowed such procedures.

Comedian Bill Maher recently bashed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, calling him the “worst thing to hit the Pentagon” since the September 11 terrorist attack.

Secretary of the U.S. Navy John C. Phelan announced on Tuesday that Breitbart News’s Pentagon correspondent Kristina Wong would be serving as his Director of Communications and Chief Spokesperson for the Department of the U.S. Navy.

One of the top advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after he was reportedly identified as a leaker in an investigation.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had one mission on his trip to Panama — to secure a deal to get “first and free” passage for U.S. ships in the Panama Canal, a critical waterway for the United States’ economy and military that was at risk of falling under China’s control.

Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, was confirmed by a 54-45 Senate vote on Tuesday, without the help of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, the Senior Director of Counterterrorism for the National Security Council (NSC) and a Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, told Breitbart News in a lengthy exclusive interview at the White House that Trump has totally reframed how the United States approaches the elimination of jihadist terrorists.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made it a habit to do physical training — or “PT” in military speak — early in the morning with troops he visits on overseas trips — winning him respect from troops, according to one retired Green Beret.

The Department of Defense over the weekend announced an investigation into leaks of sensitive and classified information following a series of unauthorized disclosures to several legacy news media outlets.

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on Friday morning blasted a New York Times report as “fake” after the newspaper claimed that Elon Musk was being briefed later that day at the Pentagon on “potential war with China.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday with the stroke of a pen cut more than $580 million in wasteful contracts and grants funded with U.S. taxpayer money.

A Biden-appointed federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump Pentagon from implementing its policy that would bar transgender troops.

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell on Monday said the Department of Defense has an obligation to hold military leadership accountable for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal under the Biden administration that saw the death of 13 U.S. service members and dozens more wounded.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the strikes against the Houthis over the weekend were successful and the Defense Department “is set to continue with this campaign if the

The Pentagon is deploying a U.S. Navy destroyer to the Gulf of America as part of its mission to secure the southern border, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said Monday.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) warned Trump not to allow Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) savings to be spent by “war pimps.”

“Tooth and tail.” That’s the phrase new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth uses to describe how money is spent (and wasted) by the Pentagon. It captures the difference between spending money to support warfighters and spending it on the mushrooming support operations that are supposed to keep the troops ready.

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced Monday evening that the DOGE team at the department has identified about $80 million in spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion that will likely be cut.

Defense reporters invited by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell for an off-the-record meet-and-greet on Thursday broke ground rules and selectively leaked snippets from the meeting to columnist Oliver Darcy, who published their accounts the next day in his newsletter.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the deployment of an active-duty Stryker Brigade Combat Team and an aviation battalion to reinforce security at the United States southern border, Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced over the weekend.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a video statement released Sunday, directed Department of Defense civilian employees to respond to an email from the Office of Personnel Management asking them to list five accomplishments from the prior week.

For the last decade, the establishment media have touted advocates’ claims that 15,000 transgender people are serving in the U.S. military.

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on Wednesday sent a memo to the entire department ordering the removal of all official online content promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in line with President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s priorities.

The Pentagon is preparing to fire more than 5,000 probationary workers from the Department of Defense’s (DoD) civilian department, according to several reports.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker raised eyebrows after he harshly criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks on Ukraine last week, but a spokesman for the senator said they have spoken since and remain aligned.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he has already picked investigators who will look into the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.

Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, is the latest target of globalist critics after Trump’s other unconventional nominees like Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard were confirmed last week.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News he will “continually review” how to bring back troops who were kicked out or left due to the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine mandate.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he has seen the social media chatter about him running beside “the Hulk,” and is taking it in stride.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Thursday that the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, is “already” looking at the Pentagon for wasteful spending.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that he is paying “very close attention” to who is executing the lawful orders from President Donald Trump and that woke generals “will have a different job in due time.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the NATO headquarters on Wednesday called for an end to the Ukraine War and in a major departure from the Biden administration, did not announce any new aid for Ukraine.

STUTTGART, Germany — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday used a visit to an American base in Germany to flag more military base names could be restored after bringing back “Fort Bragg” earlier this week.