The under scrutiny AUKUS pact has received bipartisan backing from a key United States congressional committee.

Australia’s ambassador to the US rejects suggestions Canberra is not spending enough on defence and says issues raised about ...

The United States has launched a review of the AUKUS pact—a trilateral security arrangement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, signed in 2021. Established behind closed ...

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Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth have publicly pressed allies ... Canberra had struck a balance on spending given the scale of its Aukus obligations and budgetary constraints, he added. Under ...

It’s not just Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth who’s apparently causing turmoil in the White House. Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s top policy chief under Hegseth, has blindsided senior ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed in honor of Oscar V. Peterson, a decorated Navy chief petty officer.

The US Navy has officially changed the name of its ship honoring slain gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in commemoration of the WWII Medal of Honor recipient.

The U.S. Navy renamed the USNS Harvey Milk to the Oscar V. Peterson in an effort to take the "politics out of ship naming," SecDef Pete Hegseth said.

Pete Hegseth shares his vision for rebuilding the military with a focus on 'warrior ethos', equal physical standards, and reflects on Operation Midnight Hammer's success.