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The Washington Post reported last week that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a spoken directive to “kill everybody” on a ...

America’s Essex-class aircraft carriers were the backbone of U.S. naval power in World War II’s Pacific War and stayed ...

Hegseth says he was not even in the room when the admiral made the decision to bomb the survivors. Hegseth says he was not even in the room when the admiral made the decision to bomb the survivors.

Hegseth said he did not see any survivors in the water, saying the vessel “exploded in fire, smoke, you can’t see anything. .

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt faces tough questions as a journalist cites the Navy’s Law of War regarding deadly Venezuelan boat strikes. The reporter challenges the legality of firing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged ...

Since September of this year, the United States military has been blowing up boats allegedly trafficking drugs in the ...

The buck stops there, not here’ tradition of exonerating higher-ups at the expense of those further down the chain of command ...

As President Donald Trump hosts a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to ...

The Navy said the new doctrine aligns closely with India’s vision of Viksit Bharat 2047 and integrates key national ...