Hegseth’s former colleagues have interviewed Trump’s defense secretary pick -- and defended and championed him.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay ...

Pete Hegseth's bid for defense secretary probably needs Iowa Sen. Jodi Ernst's backing to make it through his confirmation ...

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth appears poised to at least make it to his confirmation hearing early next year after a ...

Trump's embattled pick for defense secretary once said women made 'fighting more complicated.' Now he's calling them 'some of ...

Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said she questioned President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon ...

The meeting with Collins was closely watched as she is seen as more likely than most of her Republican Senate colleagues to ...

The president-elect became convinced that letting Pete Hegseth fail would set off a feeding frenzy among senators. What ...

Rep. Jim Banks is demanding accountability from West Point for telling a reporter that Pete Hegseth was not accepted by the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department said he had a “wonderful conversation” with Maine Sen.

Attorney Tim Parlatore and Cotton (R-Ark.) fired off a pair of letters to the US Military Academy’s superintendent, expressing concern that a public affairs officer shared “false ...

During a discussion that lasted well over an hour, Collins turned up the heat on Trump's pick to lead the Department of ...