If I had beene one of the senators questioning Pete Hegseth during his confirmation hearing, this is what I would have asked: ...

Pete Hegseth seems destined to become America's 29th secretary of defense. Despite the hyperbole and exaggerations of Hegseth ...

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth ...

Trump hates US trade deficits, loves US tariffs and is mostly indifferent, if not hostile, toward multilateral arrangements including ASEAN.

Political polarization in the U.S. is at the highest level ever measured. Growing majorities of both Republicans and ...

Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned several people he said could be unfairly prosecuted ...

Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in several controversies. Two ...

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization ...

The Department of Justice says it will "vigorously defend" Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, ...