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 ...

Six years later, as Pete Hegseth is confirmed as President Donald Trump's next defense secretary, those details are haunting my memory, too. Because despite accusations of sexual assault and ...

Michigan Sen. Gary Peters says he won't be seeking a third term in 2026. The surprise decision Tuesday again complicates for Democrats in Michigan, who will be forced to defend an open seat in the ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended off ...

Hegseth reportedly committed the sexual assault at a Monterey, Calif. hotel in October 2017 Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee, reportedly ...

The Senate on Friday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, to become the country’s next defense secretary. The appointment of Hegseth ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's choice to be defense secretary, appears during a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) A thought experiment ...

The Senate Thursday advanced President Donald Trump's nomination of Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of Defense, despite ...

WASHINGTON – Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, moved an important step closer on Thursday to Senate confirmation despite an 8-year-old rape allegation and ...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters voted to oppose the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be U.S. Secretary of Defense. The member of the Armed Services Committee and a former Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump ... as Democrats went on the attack. Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.), a Democrat on the committee, called ...

Simultaneously, the first confirmation hearing for Trump’s Cabinet nominees was underway, when Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth appeared ... Rhode Island and Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan — ...