Hegseth has a history of supporting controversial policies, including using the US military to put down domestic riots, ...

The Senate on Friday night voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after Vice President JD Vance stepped in to cast the tiebreaking vote. Hegseth’s nomination had been hampered by ...

Critics of Trump's defense secretary nominee say the symbol has been adopted by extremist groups, including white supremacists.

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Pete ... hearing, Hegseth denied the allegations and said they were "anonymous, false charges.” The scandal involving Hegseth grew when The New York ...

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 ...

A transition aide and an attorney for defense secretary nominee said Pete Hegseth “categorically denies” new allegations detailed in an affidavit provided by his former sister-in-law ...

Senators received an affidavit Tuesday from the former sister-in-law of defense secretary nominee Pete ... new questions about the scope and thoroughness of the FBI’s background check of Hegseth ...

Rockaway Point: Watching Senate confirmation hearings for Pete Hegseth, the man is lying. He’s a drunk, a womanizer, an abuser of women and arrogant. Look at his eyes, he’s lying.

Yeah. Pete Hegseth endured a round of questions about his past, as well as his qualifications and his nominations made it out of a Senate committee on a party line vote. The full Senate has yet to ...

Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has been confirmed as the next United States secretary of defense, receiving the keys to the nation's largest federal agency. After a tense Senate confirmation ...