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.

As an author of several books and a former Fox News Channel host, Hegseth has been forced to defend himself against a long record of his own public comments.

Pete Hegseth, a former combat veteran and TV ... including current Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who was a leader in the initial invasion into Iraq. Lt. Col. Jim Mattis, Trump’s first Defense ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth will try to convince members ... Current Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a retired Army four-star general, also commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and ...