The defense of the attack included Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth scolding the media for their coverage of the attacks.

Leon Panetta accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of being paranoid following his combative press briefing on the Iran ...

Pete Hegseth was asked about Iran's response to the U.S. strikes. Supreme Court issues ruling impacting Medicaid—what to know ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visibly laughed at a reporter who asked why he only “acknowledged” male pilots who bombed Iran ...

At a Pentagon press briefing, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth was asked about not acknowledging the female pilots on the Iran strike mission.

Will Hegseth’s Q&A shift the public conversation about the strikes in Iran? Probably not, but Donald Trump liked it, and it’s ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at a Fox News reporter on Thursday as he took questions during a Pentagon briefing ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday called a rare Pentagon press conference to defend the U.S. strikes on Iran and ...

In a press conference on Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine vehemently defended the impact ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, during a Thursday morning news conference with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provides updates about the U.S. missile strike on Iran nuclear facilities. Pete Hegseth holding Pentagon press conference to celebrate ‘very upset’ B-2 pilots involved i ...

During Wednesday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) questioned Defense Sec. Pete ...