Lawmakers criticized the absence of specifics offered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a hearing that touched on the Marines in Los Angeles, the ‘Golden Dome’ and drone attacks.

One of Hegseth's top deputies testified Tuesday that the estimated cost of deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles will be $134 million.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testified on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in the first of several hearings during the next week, in which he was grilled on the use of troops to quell protests in Los Angeles,

Minn., opened a hearing on the Defense budget Tuesday by sharply questioning Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Trump administration’s response to demonstrations in Los Angeles and how the federal government was paying for it.

California's two U.S. Senators pushed for more information about how hundreds of U.S. Marines were deployed to Los Angeles over the objections of local leaders.

The Pentagon has deployed 700 active-duty Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops to California in response to riots in Los Angeles over immigration raids.

Trump’s Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth struck a defiant tone while Democrats took aim at his polarizing stewardship of the military thus far.

The restraining order request is focused on a growing expectation among California officials that troops will soon be sent on arrest missions.