Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth restored the names of Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, which were originally named for Confederate ...

The revelation contradicts the Trump administration’s long-standing claims that no classified information was shared by the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been criticized for attempting to rename military bases to honor Confederate officers, with Rep. Don Bacon calling his approach “stupid as hell”.

GOP Rep. Don Bacon, who helped lead the effort to change military base names, voted for a draft law defunding efforts to reverse the changes.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reinstated the name “Fort Benning” on Monday for one of the nation’s largest military bases — the second such reversal he’s ordered and the first that ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases, repeatedly saying the ...

Latest Hegseth Controversy: ... 11 planes carrying artillery shells and other weaponry originating from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and a U.S. base in Qatar that were bound for Poland, ...

Hegseth says renaming military bases after Civil War soldiers who fought for slavery is ‘important for morale’ Defense secretary claims veterans and active-duty troops are thankful the ...

The Moores are buried at the Army base. After Mr. Hegseth hinted on his first day at the Pentagon that he wanted to change the name of Fort Moore back to Fort Benning, the couple’s son, Dave ...

Hegseth signed a memorandum on Monday to bring back Fort Bragg, which had been changed to Fort Liberty in 2023. He said the new namesake is U.S. Army paratrooper Private First Class Roland L ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday renamed the Army base Fort Liberty back to its original name of Fort Bragg, according to a Department of Defense statement, undoing a 2023 name change ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stripped the name of a U.S. Navy veteran and gay rights activist from a ship and moved to return the last names of Confederate generals to U.S. Army bases.