Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon have reportedly removed a key protection for civilian personnel and then directed managers to move with "speed and conviction" to fire underperforming workers.

The US military carried out more deadly attacks on boats that it said were transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 people in three separate attacks, US Department of Defense chief Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday.

A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people familiar with the matter.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is stifling the Pentagon’s channels for public information and cutting off avenues for accountability as U.S. forces deploy on missions of dubious legality that are fraught with potential danger.

The Defense Department is significantly changing its policy of interacting with Congress, according to a new, five-page memo obtained by NBC News

Most Pentagon personnel will need approval from the legislative affairs office before talking to members of Congress or state legislators, according to a memo.

Leaders at the Pentagon have significantly altered how military officials will speak with Congress after a pair of new memos issued last week.

Hegseth’s new rules were issued the same day that the Pentagon’s dedicated press corps was effectively kicked out.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly ordered the Pentagon to oust disloyal civilian workers — whom he likened to "debris" — as part of a broad effort to remove people who don't subscribe to President Donald Trump's agenda.

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.