Not so long ago, Hegseth’s boss agreed. In October 2017, Donald Trump signed into law the “Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017.” In its very first paragraphs, this law states that women ...

Hegseth got into a sharp debate about whether women and transgender service members should serve in the military or combat jobs. He said he has worked to remove diversity programs and political ...

Suspicions about leaks and a mistrust of senior military officers have defined much of the defense secretary’s first six ...

Annapolis is trading polished tradition for combat grit as a decorated Marine aviator takes the helm, marking a historic first and a sharp turn toward warfighting focus.

The change in the head of the prestigious sevice academy is the latest in military personnel moves by the Trump ...

But Hegseth’s problem with women in ground-combat units wasn’t just operational; it was moral. In a book he published a few months earlier, Hegseth devotes a chapter to what he calls “the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday closed out his third and final day of hearings on Capitol Hill with several clashes with lawmakers as he dodged questions on invading Greenland, Ukraine a… ...

The unexplained removal of the first female head of the U.S. Naval Academy last week is the latest in a string of top military women who have either been fired or redelegated to largely invisible ...

Since the military opened ground-combat units to women, in 2016, 160 have earned their Ranger tabs. And in the vision that Pete Hegseth laid out days before being tapped as defense secretary last ...

The Backdoor Way That Pete Hegseth Could Keep Women Out of Combat. Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief moderated his stance to get the job but is now pushing for change in the name of high standards.