Sen. Blumenthal grilled SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth on his qualifications despite reaffirming current support for the job ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a ...

A telling moment in the supremely depressing Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, the Fox News personality who is Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, came right at the beginning, when ...

Pete Hegseth must be approved by the GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee before he can go before the full Senate for ...

Wicker did not specify what day the vote would take place, but said it could be as late as next Thursday if Senate Democrats ...

At the hearing, Democrats questioned Hegseth’s bona fides—he has no experience leading a large organization—and his fitness ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday was expected to deliver fireworks — and it didn’t disappoint. While Republicans gave Hegseth the chance to push back against allegations ranging from ...

Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump pick to face a confirmation hearing.

A Navy submariner who said she was sexually assaulted multiple times. An Army major who chose to never report her assault. A ...

Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon endured fierce Democratic grilling over everything from his inexperience, alleged drinking ...

Pete Hegseth vowed to foster a "warrior culture" at the Pentagon and be a "change agent." He did not address the allegations ...

Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to lead DoD, said troops will get back what "they lost because they were forced out due to an ...