Pete Hegseth

President Donald Trump, center, is joined by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, as he departs the Capitol following a meeting with the House Republican Conference, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

The Latest: US authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants to South Sudan, attorneys say

Attorneys say U.S. immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan despite a court order on removals to third countries.

May 20

Clean up continues inside the fire station after flooding on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 in Westernport, Md. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

FEMA’s acting chief says agency will shift more disaster recovery responsibilities to the states

May 15

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks at the Al Udeid Air Base, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them

May 15

President Donald Trump gestures during a business roundtable, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Live updates: Trump attends state dinner at presidential palace in Abu Dhabi

May 15

Army soldiers look at the border wall next to a surveillance vehicle during the visit to the U.S. and Mexico border by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Sunland Park, N.M., Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

New militarized border zone spurs national security charges against hundreds of immigrants

May 15

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Hegseth says the Pentagon has given Trump possible options for Israel-Iran conflict

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump gave Iran a chance to strike a deal on its nuclear program but that time has run out. Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, Hegseth said leaders in Tehran should have taken Trump’s offer to avoid conflict.

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United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, center, and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

NATO allies insist Ukraine and Europe must be in peace talks as Trump touts Putin meeting

February 13

U.S. Vice President JD Vance enters the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site outside Munich, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Vance visits the Dachau concentration camp memorial with Holocaust survivor before Zelenskyy meeting TODAY

February 14

European foreign ministers gather in Paris to discuss Ukraine

February 13

Trump upends US policy on Ukraine and says he and Putin have agreed to begin talks on ending the war

February 12

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February 12

In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

ACLU sues for access to migrants flown to Guantanamo this month

February 13

US defense chief Hegseth calls NATO membership for Ukraine unrealistic

February 12

Attorney General Pam Bondi swears in Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington, as her husband Abraham Williams watches. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump’s director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in line

February 13

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

US defense chief suggests Ukraine should abandon hope of winning all territory back from Russia

February 13

President Donald Trump speaks as Tulsi Gabbard is sworn in as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump upends US policy on Ukraine and says he and Putin have agreed to begin talks on ending the war

February 13

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth talks to the media during his visit to the headquarters of U.S. European Command and Africa Command at the Africa Command at Kelly Barracks in Stuttgart Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Hegseth didn’t request over $137,000 in upgrades to his new military residence, official says

February 11

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says NATO allies need to spend more on defense

February 11

The gravestone of Pfc. Roland L. Bragg is seen Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Nobleboro, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again, but named after a different soldier

February 11

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responds to a reporter's question before the start of a meeting with visiting Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

NATO allies await US defense secretary’s visit, the first by a member of the Trump administration

February 11

Vehicles pass a sign for Fort Liberty, an Army installation near Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. The name was changed from Fort Bragg in 2023, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday, Feb. 10, 2024, changing it back, in honor of World War II veteran Roland L. Bragg of Maine. It was originally named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, a North Carolina native. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg and signals more change coming

February 11

U.S. Defense Secretary heads to Europe for Ukraine talks

February 10

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One where he signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

US officials are bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine

February 9

This combination photo shows Tulsi Gabbard, nominee for Director of National Intelligence, left, pictured Jan. 30, 2025, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, pictured Jan. 29, 2025, at their confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)

How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to ‘yes’ on RFK Jr. and Gabbard

February 9

The Trump administration is throwing more Pentagon reporters out of their workspaces

February 8

The City Hall is seen damaged following Russian rocket attack that killed and injured a number of people in Izium, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Ukraine’s Western backers will meet for arms talks as doubts over US intentions grow

February 7

Secretary of State Rubio insists US ships must transit freely through Panama Canal

February 6

Cranes load and unload containers from cargo ships at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Panama, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Panama’s president denies making a deal that US warships can transit the canal for free

February 7

A "seized" sign is placed on a Venezuelan government airplane during a news conference where U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced its seizure at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

US seizes Venezuelan president’s plane held in Dominican Republic during Rubio visit

February 6

Hegseth welcomes Netanyahu to Pentagon

February 5

Eric and Lara Trump talks as President Donald Trump attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fox News hires president’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump for weekend show on network

February 5

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a joint news conference with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

US officials now say Trump only wants to displace Palestinians from Gaza temporarily

February 6

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference Sept. 16, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

DeSantis goes to battle with Florida Republicans in trying to get closer to Trump

February 5

In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

First military flight lands in Guantanamo Bay with migrants deported from the US

February 5

Panama's President Jose Mulino, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive for a meeting at the presidential palace in Panama City, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Rubio says Panama must reduce Chinese influence around the canal or face possible US action

February 3

This photo provided by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. military conducts coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (U.S. Africa Command via AP)

US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia

February 1