Much of the opposition to former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to serve as defense secretary, has centered on allegations that he has abused women and ...

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...

Pete Hegseth’s ex-wife recently gave a new statement to the FBI about the defense nominee’s alcohol use, according to two sources familiar with the matter, an issue that has become a source of ...

Samantha Hegseth denied the claims in an email to NBC News, saying “I do not believe your information to be accurate.” Pete Hegseth seemingly has at least the 50 votes he needs to get across ...

Republicans pushed forward with Pete Hegseth’s nomination as defense secretary Wednesday even after a damaging report emerged claiming that his second wife lived in fear of his “abuse.” ...

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 ...

Danielle Hegseth provided the affidavit to the Senate Armed Services Committee. In a sworn affidavit obtained by Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee, the former sister-in-law of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Washington — The former sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee to become secretary of defense, told senators in a sworn affidavit that he caused his second wife to fear for her ...

President Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, in his Senate confirmation hearing last week dismissed a series of allegations against him as “anonymous smears.” ...

During Secretary of Defense Nominee Pete Hegseth’s first confirmation hearing, senators raised concerns that the former Fox News host’s FBI background checks did not include interviews with ...