(Bloomberg) -- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met President-elect Donald Trump in Florida as Europe waits apprehensively to see how the next administration will approach the war in Ukraine.

Hegseth has been under increased public scrutiny as reported Signal chat scandals and firings have plagued the department.

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In a report by the Wall Street Journal, Hegseth is accused of bringing his wife to two meetings involving foreign officials.

April 16 (UPI) --NATO, created in 1949, has been the most successful alliance in history because member states of the Atlantic Community recognized that collective defense was essential to ...