WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a trio of senior department officials with ties to the National Guard paid a visit to roughly 300 mobilized National Guardsmen at the D.C. Armory in Washington Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. The four leaders thanked the Soldiers and airmen for their efforts to increase safety throughout the city.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iran nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump.

At Union Station, Washington's central train hub, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, accompanied by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, shook hands with National Guard soldiers at a Shake Shack restaurant.

Washington Post faces criticism for publishing sensitive information about defense secretary Pete Hegseth's protective security arrangements and requirements.

The move follows an initial assessment by the agency in June indicating strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities had a more limited effect than President Trump said.

Hecklers directed their ire at Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller this week when the trio visited National Guard troops statio