A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.

Though Trump started off his first full day as president by unceremoniously firing four prominent appointees from Biden’s ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's choice to head up the Pentagon, faced a Senate confirmation grilling from the Armed ...

Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson and her nonprofit group sent a letter yesterday asking the Senate Armed Services ...

Hegseth faced intense questioning from Democrats in his Armed Services Committee hearing ... had three audiences— the committee, the United States Senate, and the general American public ...

Democrats grilled Trump’s defense secretary pick over ugly allegations against him. But barring a last-minute surprise, he appears on track to be confirmed.

Pete Hegseth on Tuesday battled through a high-stakes Senate hearing in which Democrats sought to paint the Pentagon nominee ...

Pete Hegseth pitched himself as a "change agent" to lead the Defense Department while Democrats excoriated him as unfit ...

"The 21st Century will be defined by what happens between the United States and China," Rubio told his Senate colleagues ... At Wednesday's hearing, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia was among the ...

The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open ...

“Mr. Hegseth had three audiences: the committee, the United States Senate and the American general ... questions from Democrats such as Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.), who had a fiery exchange with ...

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