WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin underwent a medical procedure Friday night related to a previous bladder issue and temporarily handed his duties over to his deputy, the Pentagon said.

While Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin informed ... strategic objectives, Austin notably refrained from directly naming China in criticism, the Bloomberg report read. He instead emphasized ...

The Pentagon confirmed Sunday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized Jan. 1 after experiencing "severe pain" from complications of a Dec. 22 elective surgery. But officials struggled ...