The key criteria for those in the top-tier positions appear to be loyalty, wealth, and ideological fervor, not competence.

Pete Hegseth speaks during his confirmation hearing to be the U.S. Secretary of Defense before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The ...

Lanora Pettit, Texas AG Paxton's principal deputy solicitor general, is leaving. Pettit is joining the Trump administration's DOJ as a deputy assistant attorney general. Pettit developed a ...

of Defense," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a post on X. In a handwritten note shared along with the post on X, Hegseth wrote: "The Pentagon will comply, immediately. No exceptions ...

The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration. Hegseth is a combat veteran who served in the Army National ...

22 (UPI) --At this point, Pete Hegseth seems destined to become America's 29th secretary ... you principal assistant to the president on all matters pertaining to the Department of Defense.

Meink, a Lemmon, South Dakota native has been named by President Donald Trump as the new United States Secretary of the Air Force. Dr. Meink currently serves as the Principal Deputy Director of ...

President Donald Trump has appointed Robert Salesses, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, as acting secretary of the Department of Defense ... most recently principal deputy chief technology ...

WASHINGTON (WPRI) — President Donald Trump has named an acting secretary of defense ... as the deputy director of Washington Headquarters Services. In that role, Salesses served as a principal ...

Terence Emmert, who has been the principal deputy chief technology officer for mission capabilities, will be the acting Navy secretary ... and the Department of Defense and stands ready to ...

Previously, he served in other federal roles including Principal Deputy Special Inspector General and Chief ... awards from the Office of Personnel Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S.