Hegseth’s hearing Tuesday before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee will be his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since he squeaked through his Senate confirmation with a tie-breaking vote. It was the closest vote of any Cabinet member.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced criticism on Tuesday ... members who learned that the 60-day military deployments to Los Angeles were going to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made his first appearance before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee on Tuesday to defend the Trump administration’s $1 trillion Pentagon funding request.

California sued Trump over the deployment, with the state attorney general arguing that the president had “trampled” the state's sovereignty. California leaders accused Trump of fanning protesters' anger, leading crowds to block off a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fire.

Trump’s Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth struck a defiant tone, leveling his own accusations at lawmakers who took aim at his polarizing stewardship of the military.

President Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests over deportations.

During a heated Senate Committee hearing, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth strongly defended the Trump administration’s decision to deploy Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles, amid growing civil unrest.