In general Europeans are glumly conceding the Trump team has a point, at least on Ukraine and defense matters.

Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group—the American-led consortium of 57 countries and the European Union ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's latest comments about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the American stance on it are far from what NATO nations wanted to hear. Talking about Ukraine, Hegseth said ...

In all, it was a bruising, 72-hour crash course in the geopolitical realities of a job that critics complain Mr. Hegseth, a ...

European countries need to invest now in defence because it is not possible to assume that the United States' presence on the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attention-grabbing overseas debut may have irritated some key ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the war between Ukraine and Russia “must end,” that Kyiv joining ...

Several viral social media posts claim that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was drinking alcohol during a NATO press ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Europeans this week that "realities" prevent ... The U.S. defense secretary called on Europe to "take ownership of conventional security on the continent." ...

A rumor circulating online in February 2025 claimed Pete Hegseth, U.S. President Donald Trump's defense secretary, drank alcohol from a clear cup while standing behind a lectern at a news conference.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. will no longer be the "primary guarantor of security in Europe," which he said ...