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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been criticized for attempting to rename military bases to honor Confederate officers, with Rep. Don Bacon calling his approach “stupid as hell”.

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Six months into Trump's second term, spheres of influence are emerging among his White House staff and Cabinet secretaries.

With his budget now law, President Donald Trump turned his attention to tariffs, including a threatened 50% levy on imported ...

Republican senators say reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth froze weapons shipments to Ukraine without getting approval from President Trump raise serious questions about the level of ...

The Trump administration is expected to announce new trade actions and Pete Hegseth and Benjamin Netanyahu meet ...

Trump and Hegseth are doing our enemies’ work with their Confederate renaming ruse Biden removed the names of Confederate generals from nine Army installations. Trump has restored those Confederate ...

Taking Hegseth Seriously on ‘Fake News’ and the Iran Strike The real danger is when events are shaped by reports of things that literally didn’t happen.

Nicolle Wallace says Pete Hegseth's news conference failed to resolve the issue “haunting” the Trump administration in the wake of the U.S. airstrikes on Iran.

Lawrence O’Donnell Says Pete Hegseth Presser Raises Questions on His Sobriety: ‘Like a Character in Drunk History’ | Video The MSNBC anchor calls the defense secretary’s claims about Trump ...