Pete Hegseth, confirmed by the Senate as Defense secretary Friday night in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie, takes over leadership of the Pentagon at a time of great ...

WASHINGTON – If Pete Hegseth were still in uniform ... is everything in an institution,” said former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who served in the Obama administration and was a longtime ...

Pete Hegseth needed a warm reception from Senate Republicans. He’s getting it. Chairman Roger Wicker (R., Miss.) let him tackle allegations about sexual assault and drinking head on at the ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said. Of the hearing for Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth, he said, the nominee's background "is deeply troubling, to put it generously." He said Hegseth can ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Defense, is set to face his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. “There’s big issues of character that have ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is meeting with ... hearing for controversial Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth — just hours before its set to take place.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote on X before the vote. Schumer also asked: "Is Pete Hegseth really the best Republicans have to lead the greatest military in the world?" ...

WASHINGTON — If Pete Hegseth were still in uniform ... is everything in an institution,” said former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who served in the Obama administration and was a longtime ...