"I don't know who wrote the speech," said Senator Wicker of Hegseth's comments on Ukraine. "It's the kind of thing Tucker ...

Wicker slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “rookie mistake” for publicly saying a return for Ukraine to pre-2014 borders with Russia was “unrealistic.” ...

Speaking to Jonathan Martin at the POLITICO Pub in the Munich conference, Wicker — a staunch Ukraine supporter — said he was “surprised” by Hegseth’s original comments and “heartened” that the new ...

Fear and loathing: “A majority of European countries do not want to lose face and are still not thinking in terms of the new Trump framework,” a European official tells POLITICO’s Laura Kayali and ...

The nomination of Elbridge Colby to be the next undersecretary of defense for policy is causing concerns among some ...

Follow updates as Donald Trump Cabinet picks Linda McMahon, Robert Kennedy and Kash Patel face Senate proceedings. The ...

The president, who called the invasion “genius,” suggests Russia deserves Ukrainian territory because it has lost many ...

Before Senator Thom Tillis voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, he worked with accusers to make the case ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s public statements on negotiations to try to end the war in Ukraine and on NATO are ...

In his first big turn on the world stage, the defense secretary has already been forced to offer a major walk-back.

Elon Musk, the director of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, appears to be expanding his reach ...

LET LOOSE THE DOGE OF WAR: Musk and his band of twenty-something know-nothings have acquired their next target. But don’t expect shock and awe. After all, Musk has skin in this game. NOTUS reports ...