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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference, in Panama City, Panama April 9, 2025

Are B-2 bombers a message to Iran? 'We'll let them decide,' Pentagon chief says

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a press conference, in Panama City, Panama April 9, 2025.

US recognizes Panama's sovereignty over canal, Panama says after talks

Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, attends a joint news conference with Gen Nakatani, Japan's defense minister, not photographed, at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, March 30, 2025

US Naval Academy removed books about the Holocaust, antisemitism ahead of Hegseth visit

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s DEI initiative results in the removal of Holocaust Remembrance articles.

Display honoring Jewish women graduates of naval academy removed ahead of Hegseth visit

By Grace Gilson/JTA

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used the encrypted Signal app to discuss classified details of US military strikes in Yemen. He did not just break protocol; he shattered the foundation of trust that underlies both national and international security apparatuses, says the writer.

Signal leak tip of deeper institutional iceberg within US defense establishment

By MICHAEL J. SALAMON

Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, attends a joint news conference with Gen Nakatani, Japan's defense minister, not photographed, at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, March 30, 2025

US military announces more air assets for Middle East

By REUTERS

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's tattoo, "kafir" (meaning "infidel" or "non-believer")

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Arabic tattoo sparks controversy

By Jude Taragin

US officials leaked Houthi strikes on Signal messaging – but is it safe?

By DR. ITAY GAL

Screenshots of the Signal chat with Trump personnel and Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffery Goldberg, March 26, 2023.

Trump advisor leaks included exact details of Houthi strikes in Signal chat

By CORINNE BAUM

U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025.

Trump weighs firing Waltz over alleged leak of US Houthi strike plans

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(Illustrative) The latest model of the F-47 fighter jet.

'Nothing in the world comes close to it': US unveils new F-47 fighter jet

By DR. ITAY GAL

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s DEI initiative results in the removal of Holocaust Remembrance articles.

Holocaust remembrance pages removed in Pentagon’s DEI purge

By Grace Gilson/JTA

US President Donald Trump attends a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured), ahead of the NATO summit in Watford, in London, Britain, December 3, 2019.

Trump admin. exploring giving up NATO command, cutting defense expenditure

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Smoke rises from an explosion after a projectile hit a group of buildings. March 15, 2025.

Houthi strikes: Gulf states await US response and regional impact

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

US secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth

US Defense Secretary Hegseth vows 'unrelenting' strikes against Houthis until they back down

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2025.

Trump fires top US general in unprecedented Pentagon shakeup

By REUTERS

US Secretary of Defense Hegseth meets with Israeli PM Netanyahu at the Pentagon, in Washington

Hegseth to Netanyahu: Destroying Hamas, Hezbollah is 'very important' to us

By AMICHAI STEIN

Hegseth arrived at the Pentagon on Monday and spoke to the press before entering the building with Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Kippah-wearing bodyguard steals spotlight from Pete Hegseth

By Mathilda Heller