Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dashed the hopes of Native American communities that long sought the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Secretary of Defense, now called Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth announced on Facebook that 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their action in 1890 at Wounded ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegset announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a video posted to ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will award slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. One day after Kirk was shot and killed during ...

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 19 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in ...

Hegseth said, “Under my direction, we’re making it clear without hesitation that the soldiers who fought in the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890 will keep their medals. And we’re making it clear that ...

Hegseth claimed that his predecessor, former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's, review was more focused on "being politically correct" than historically accurate.