Pete Hegseth was sworn into his new position as secretary of defense Saturday morning after being confirmed in a contentious Senate vote the night before. Hegseth, a former Fox News host ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary, took part in a high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday that could determine whether his nomination ...

WASHINGTON – Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, moved an important step closer on Thursday to Senate confirmation despite an 8-year-old rape allegation and ...

Some of the visitors have donned "Veterans for Pete" shirts, while others are wearing shirts that say "reject Hegseth." Megyn Kelly, a former Fox News host who had Hegseth on her SiriusXM podcast ...

Pete Hegseth’s controversial nomination as defense secretary moved a step closer to confirmation with the Senate Armed Services Committee recommending him to the job on party lines. U.S. Sen.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Defense, is set to face his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. “There’s big issues of character that have ...

Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was abusive to his second ...

Two Republicans, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, opposed Hegseth. Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on ...

Kirsten Gillibrand stated that he "will have to change how you see women to do this job well," adding, "and I don't know if you are capable of that" Pete Hegseth faced a tense and polarized Senate ...

Senate Democrats are sounding the alarm over a sworn affidavit from the ex-sister-in-law of Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth that accuses him of being abusive toward his second wife.

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary late Friday in a dramatic tie-breaking vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, his choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, came under close scrutiny. News media reports shone a spotlight on the former "Fox ...