Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth inched closer to Senate confirmation Thursday after lawmakers voted to end debate on his nomination despite two Republicans signaling they would not vote ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

All but two Republicans voted to advance Pete Hegseth’s nomination as secretary of defense to a final vote, as Democrats raced to bolster fresh allegations about his personal conduct. By Karoun ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...