America is prepared to go to war with China, Defense Secretary Hegseth warned Wednesday — after the Chinese government threatened to fight to the end against Trump’s stiff new tariffs.

Russia has intensified cyber operations against Ukraine and NATO countries, according to previous U.S. intelligence and private sector reports.

Multiple U.S. officials tell CBS News that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a directive to U.S. Cyber Command last month to pause planning against Russia, including provocative offensive cyber operations.

The Pentagon chief made the remark during a Jan. 31 call with top Mexican military officials, while urging them to address collusion between their country’s government and violent criminal

This change underscores the installation’s storied history of service to the United States of America,” the Department of Defense said in a news release.

Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on the tense foreign relations between the U.S. and China on ‘Special Report.’

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that the United States is "prepared" for war with China following threats from Beijing regarding retaliatory sanctions, the New York Post reports. According to him,