The Department of Homeland Security will be getting an assist from the Guard as it tackles President Donald Trump’s ongoing ...

Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has been confirmed as the next United States secretary of defense, receiving the keys to the nation's largest federal agency.

President Donald Trump is testing a new battle cry for the Pentagon, and a harder line on protesters who torch the Stars and ...

Effective immediately, the Mexican Border Defense Medal is established to recognize service members deployed to the U.S.

WASHINGTON and LONDON -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv Monday morning for an unannounced visit to Ukraine, his second to the country since Russia invaded in February 2022.

The Pentagon carried the Department of War label until 1949, when it was rebranded amid post–World War II restructuring.

The military bureaucracy has used the Department of Defense name for 76 years, but President Trump said he doesn't like the ...

The secretary is responsible for making sure those people are able to do their jobs – which, collectively, is to defend the United States, the American people and U.S. interests.