Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined all Senate Democrats against Hegseth, but they still fell short of the simple majority needed to stymie the Trump nomination ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he paid ...

Pete Hegseth’s ex-wife recently gave a new statement to the FBI about the defense nominee’s alcohol use, according to two ...

Hegseth, 44, is a combat veteran and former Fox News host. The committee voted along party lines to advance his nomination to ...

Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law gave an affidavit to the Senate Armed Services Committee accusing him of being “abusive” ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, paid $50,000 to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, according to answers he provided to a ...

In fact, if I were to walk into the Pentagon today, about 80% of the men and women in that building would be more qualified than I am to be the SECDEF. For Hegseth, the number is closer to 100%. In ...

Hegseth declined to commit to a Democratic senator that he would resign as Secretary of Defense if he drinks on the job.

Pete Hegseth ... a contentious confirmation hearing. Hegseth dismissed the allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2017 as false and part of a “coordinated smear campaign,” claiming ...

Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth unfit to be secretary of defense, but Republicans on the Senate Armed Services ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary, took part in a high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday that could determine whether his nomination ...