The key criteria for those in the top-tier positions appear to be loyalty, wealth, and ideological fervor, not competence.

Since the end of World War II, the United States has remained a global power through foreign policy defined by what retired ...

Pete Hegseth, the new secretary of defense, formerly was a co-host of ... presidential relative to get a hosting gig from a ...

“It is a mirage, but it’s also insane,” Koh said in an interview with POLITICO Magazine.

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Stephen J. Hadley, former national security adviser to President George W. Bush. Father: Robert Hadley Jr. Education: Cornell University, B.A., 1969; Yale Law ...

Pete Hegseth speaks during his confirmation hearing to be the U.S. Secretary of Defense before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling security ... the military domestically to quell protesters after the death of George Floyd, and he was at the center of a controversy in 2021 when he ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told former Joint Chiefs of ... Trump ordered the violent removal of protesters demonstrating over the death of George Floyd. Toward the end of Trump's ...

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement plans featured a highly visible role for the military and federal agents in tactical gear.

Charles "Cully" Stimson, who helped establish the terrorist detention facility as President George W. Bush's Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs, said personnel at Guantanamo ...