As the new US defense secretary comes to Brussels on his first NATO visit, European allies will express willingness to boost defense spending but hope to keep it below the 5% Trump has demanded.As ...

NATO allies can’t entirely hedge their security concerns around “reliance on America,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly warned during his visit to Brussels Thursday to meet… ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has trained with U.S. Marines in Germany ahead of his first NATO meeting. Why It Matters. Hegseth is currently on a week-long trip that includes visits to Germany ...

The Pentagon said Hegseth will depart the US on February 10 for a working trip to Germany, Belgium and Poland ...

Pete Hegseth visited the troops at the U.S.-Mexico border Monday for the first time since becoming secretary of defense. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday at NATO's headquarters in Brussels that the U.S. would not be taken for 'suckers' - and that Europe should be responsible for its own defense ...

NATO allies are currently required to spend at least 2% of their country’s GDP on defense, but the U.S. is pushing for that to more than double to 5%. No country is currently at that 5% marker.

US President Donald Trump dominated the discussions at this year’s NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands – receiving gushing ...

Hegseth’s office cited scheduling concerns as the reason for his absence from the meeting, though the defense secretary will be in Brussels on Thursday for a different NATO meeting.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will not attend a Wednesday meeting of 50 defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels that has been critical to coordinating military aid for Ukraine, marking ...

In meetings with NATO ministers, Mr. Rubio is expected to press Mr. Trump’s call for a swift end to the war in Ukraine, an approach that alarms many European leaders, who overwhelmingly support ...