Controversy has plagued Hegseth since Trump first nominated him to serve as the Secretary of Defense — from sexual assault ...

Nancy A. Youssef is a national security correspondent whose reporting has focused largely on the U.S. military and the Arab world.

This is why Hegseth seems safe for now despite stunning new revelations that he shared sensitive military plans in a group ...

Here’s the long and the short of it, though: Hegseth is safe until he isn’t. Trump’s Cabinet picks are not famed for their ...

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Another former defense secretary, Mark Esper, wrote his resignation letter months before a departure that was made inevitable when he publicly said he’d oppose the use of troops to quell ...