Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre had their hopes dashed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in ...

Sunday marked 134 years since a "brutal, cold-blooded massacre" of the Indigenous Lakota Sioux people of the Great Plains, a tragedy that drew more scrutiny from the U.S. government in recent months.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparked fury on social media after he announced a final decision on recognizing a slate of soldiers. In a video post on X on Thursday, Hegseth announced that 20 soldiers ...