Both of Illinois' Democratic senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, voted against Hegseth's confirmation, calling him ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and ...

Both U.S. senators representing Illinois slammed the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to be the new defense secretary.

Hegseth was voted out of committee Monday along party lines. The Senate is expected to take up his nomination soon; it is ...

The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from Democrats and stirring unease ...

The news of the payment amount comes the same day the Senate advanced Hegseth’s nomination along a party-line vote.

Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation’s 29th secretary of defense, quickly joining President Trump’s Cabinet after ...

When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third floor E Ring on Monday morning, he will have a daunting array of issues to tackle — from ...

President Trump threatened tariffs on Colombia to ensure the country accepts U.S. military flights carrying migrants.

Almost two dozen abortion activists are pardoned, Donald Trump's birthright citizenship ban is ruled unconstitutional – here ...

FILE - Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's ... lower the standards of the Secretary of Defense?” Peters asked. Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth also asked that, saying “how can ...