The former Fox News host and military veteran was confirmed after a 50-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance casting the ...

Pete Hegseth has been sworn as the secretary of defense, taking the oath from Vice President JD Vance less than 12 hours ...

Donald Trump’s Justice Department cited an archaic statute in a legal filing Wednesday, arguing that the president’s ...

Hegseth received a bachelor's degree in political science in 2003, where he also participated in the Army ROTC and published a campus publication titled The Princeton Tory. Hegseth later attended the ...

Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted against confirming Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary ...

J.D. Vance swears in Pete Hegseth as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense despite the controversies surrounding his nomination.

Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, faced stiff criticism from Democrats and some Republicans—requiring a tie-breaking ...

Too often the only thing Senate confirmation hearings reveal is pretense and hypocrisy. Most memorable was when Sen. Ted Kennedy, who left a woman to drown to salvage his political ...

President Donald Trump traveled to California to survey the wildfire damage in his first presidential visit since his ...

Hegseth has tended to blame “left-wing media” for turning him into a victim of a “smear campaign” orchestrated by “anonymous sources.” ...