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 ...

Senators on both sides of the aisle raised new questions on Wednesday about the vetting process for Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, pointing to allegations that were not disclosed by the Trump ...

Pete Hegseth has shown no evidence of being capable of managing the Pentagon behemoth.

That’s called “jointness,” about which Hegseth knows little. He touted his Army background in the National Guard as a ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has stated that he will review the manner in which the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan. Fox News reported that Austin made this comment on Friday, February 7, ...

Senators argued that Pete Hegseth does not have the management experience to lead the military's 3.4 million service members ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, paid $50,000 to the woman who ...

The US president says he wants the US to take "long-term ownership" of Gaza, turning it into the "Riviera of the Middle East".

The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary by just one vote. Hegseth has “very clear” ties to extreme Christian nationalism, as well as a history ...

The Senate on Thursday voted to advance Pete Hegseth's nomination to be President Donald Trump's defense secretary, putting him on a path to final confirmation at the end of the week.

"The President’s guidance (lawful orders) is clear: No more DEI at Dept. of Defense," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a post on X. In a handwritten note shared along with the post on X ...