Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended his decision to order troops to provide security during federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, telling senators on Wednesday it's about “maintaining law and ...

The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has ...

Ex-Defense Secretary Mark Esper "had more guts and balls than you," U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a hearing.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deployed an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles. In a Tuesday night press release, U.S. Northern Command announced the deployment of the California ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended his decision to order troops to provide security during federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, telling senators on Wednesday it’s about ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced an intense grilling on Capitol Hill today, as a routine hearing on the 2026 Pentagon budget request erupted into a dramatic confrontation over the deployment of 4, ...

Hegseth ignores questions about costs of activating troops in Los Angeles, defends ICE raids 05:21. Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the administration's ...

Several California Democrats questioned Hegseth about the immigration raids that have roiled Los Angeles, the federal commandeering of the state’s National Guard and the deployment of Marines.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got into a testy spat with Democrat Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono on Wednesday as she accused ...

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on June 18, 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren relentlessly grilled Secretary of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was questioned in the House over the administration's decision to send National Guard troops into L.A., to quell protests against ICE raids. The hearing became ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been asked to remove 200 National Guard troops from policing protests in Los Angeles and deploy them to the California wildfire unit, according to the Associated ...