Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defence Secretary, defended his qualifications and vision during a contentious Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Hegseth emphasised ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday to advance his nomination. The vote on ending debate came down to the ...

Tempers flared as Pete Hegseth screamed and shut off his mic during a fiery Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Sparks flew when Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) grilled the Defense Secretary over ...

Tensions boiled at Senate Armed Services Committee hearing as Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) pressed Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth over antisemitic posts allegedly made by Pentagon press secretary Kingsley ...

Senator Thom Tillis seemingly implied to CNN's Jake Tapper that he would not vote to confirm Pete Hegseth if a vote were to ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington ...

The Senate advanced Pete Hegseth's nomination as defense secretary, despite Democrats' objections and unease among Republicans over sexual assault allegations and concerns about his qualifications.

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 ...

On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified yet again on Capitol Hill, this time appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his department’s 2026 budget ...

Senate Republicans say Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice for Defense secretary, faces a very tough path to confirmation, a reality that has been communicated to the Trump transition team.

Americans didn’t learn much about Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, but they did learn more about the world’s greatest nondeliberative body ...

Hegseth pressed over Trump's Iran plans 03:46. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to elaborate on potential U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, telling a Senate panel Wednesday his ...