McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees
McConnell is far from an anti-Trump Republican and hardly the face of the GOP opposition to the White House. He has voted to ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth To NATO: "President Trump Will Not Allow Anyone To Turn Uncle Sam Into Uncle Sucker"
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte briefed reporters on Thursday following a NATO ...
US defense chief suggests Ukraine should abandon hope of winning all territory back from Russia
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says NATO membership for Ukraine is unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv ...
Trump’s Call With Putin Was ‘No Betrayal’ of Ukraine, Hegseth Says
The call has raised concerns among some European leaders that Ukraine could effectively be sidelined in any peace ...
Europe can't turn Uncle Sam into 'Uncle Sucker,' US defense secretary says
By Andrew Gray, Lili Bayer, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected ...
NATO allies await US defense secretary's visit, the first by a member of the Trump administration
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will become on Wednesday the first member of the new Trump administration to visit NATO ...
A New Kind of Defense Secretary Saves His Ammunition for Domestic Enemies
Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s ...
Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal ...
House Democrats call on Trump, Hegseth to reverse trans military ban
A group of House Democrats is urging President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to halt enforcement of a ban on ...
Trump officials pitch Zelenskyy on U.S. owning 50% of Ukraine's rare earth minerals
The Trump administration indicated U.S. troops could be deployed to Ukraine to provide security in connection with the minerals if there's a peace deal with Russia.
Russia claims Trump, Putin talk brought world from 'brink of Apocalypse,' EU warns of 'dirty tricks'
Top Russian official Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday claimed the call between President Donald Trump and Russian President ...
Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...