Press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the apparent war crime was legal even as she said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth knew nothing about it.

Observers say a new report in the Washington Post details potentially illegal activity by the defense secretary.

Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military

Former top military lawyers accuse US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of committing war crimes and murder by ordering the killing of civilians in boat bombings. Will Congress hold…

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the apparent war crime was legal even as she said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth knew nothing about it.

WASHINGTON: A US admiral acting under the authority of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike that targeted survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug…

The U.S. military conducted subsequent strikes on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean on Sept. 2 as survivors clung to the wreckage, raising questions about whether…

Both blame the commanding admiral for killing shipwrecked survivors of an attack – an act the DoD’s own manual specifically describes as illegal.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth cited "the fog of war" in justifying a military strike that killed two survivors of an alleged drug boat.

Pentagon’s Law of War manual clearly prohibits attack, but justification for whole campaign also faces tough questions