Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commanded the nation’s military academies Friday to stop considering “race, ethnicity, or sex” in their admissions process, the latest blow by the Trump ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military service academies to no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for admissions, according to a memo.

Hegseth affirmed his commitment to Trump’s wishes through his elimination of race and sex as factors for military promotions and unveiled his intention to set in motion a new task force to ...

On Tuesday, Hegseth repeatedly called for a return to the same merit-based system the Pentagon said it already has in place. At times, his responses appeared carefully scripted.

Internal emails released to BI show West Point staffers had to query an "out-of-use database" to find the record.

Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, said gay people should be able to serve in the US military in an apparent shift from his previous stance on the issue.

Hegseth wrote that he’s enforcing an executive order issued by President Trump instructing military academy leaders to eliminate DEI initiatives. When the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said he was creating a special internal agency to establish merit-based and color-blind policies throughout the Defense Department, including those ...

Mr. Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Naval Academy on Tuesday and to speak to the Brigade of Midshipmen. It is unclear whether the secretary expects the books to be removed before his arrival.