Joe Kasper leaves the role voluntarily, but his departure adds to the sense of instability that has gripped the Defense ...

Gen. Dan Caine’s first official trip underscored how the White House has prioritized the mission, which now involves nearly 7 ...

The defense secretary’s inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military ...

Joe Kasper, Hegseth’s chief of staff, is the fourth top official to be ousted in the last week amid turmoil at the Pentagon.

His exit comes a month after he fired off a memo announcing an investigation into “unauthorized disclosures of sensitive and ...

Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy Black will depart the post and retire from military service after the newly confirmed Joint ...

Hegseth threatened top staff with polygraph tests following reports that the Pentagon invited Elon Musk for a briefing on ...

As questions swirl around the fate of the secretary of defense, former colleagues paint a troubling picture of Hegseth's ...

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Hegseth shouted at Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after learning of the leak, sources told the Wall Street Journal Thursday. The defense secretary ...

In February, Hegseth, who has derided diversity efforts because he says they weaken the military, fired a series of senior officers, including the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...