The Pentagon chief defended the decision to send in the National Guard and the Marines amid protests over immigration raids.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday night that Marines at Camp Pendleton, about 100 miles south of Los Angeles, were on high alert.

Marines deployed to Los Angeles to assist National Guard amid immigration protests, sparking legal battle with California.

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth faces tough questions from Congress on military spending and security issues in hearings.

Pete Hegseth tells House subcommittee that troops are needed to ‘enforce immigration law’

The money will come from operations and maintenance accounts, said Pete Hegseth's acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell.

Bristling in response to questions about troop deployments to Los Angeles, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attacked Gov. Tim Walz with a false claim.

But the former Fox News weekend host and current defense secretary told lawmakers he's sure his boss has the right to deploy troops wherever he wants.

Pentagon officials said the cost of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles is $134 million.

El secretario de Defensa defiende en el Congreso una operación cuyo coste cifra en 134 millones de dólares e insiste en su derecho a actuar en cualquier parte de EE UU

The Pentagon chief defended the decision to send in the National Guard and the Marines amid protests over immigration raids.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the necessity of deploying the troops to Los Angeles, which he said would last 60 days.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, meanwhile, filed an emergency motion in federal court to block the Trump administration from using the Guard and Marines.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparred with Democrats on Capitol Hill on Tuesday over the decision to send 5,000 Marines and National Guard troops into Los Angeles as some…

The moves would shift the military from its mission of defending the nation against foreign adversaries toward policing its streets.

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, explains why the Trump administration has deployed National Guard and Marine…

The request came Monday after President Donald Trump a ordered thousands of National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles.