Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are beginning their nomination process this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense ...

Sen. Blumenthal grilled SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth on his qualifications despite reaffirming current support for the job ...

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 ...

Hegseth would not be the first defense secretary to have served in combat — far from it. An array of previous secretaries ...

In what is expected to be the most rigorous confirmation hearing this week, Pete Hegseth, President-elect ... In contrast, Lloyd Austin’s “paper qualifications” led to utter failure in ...

Wicker did not specify what day the vote would take place, but said it could be as late as next Thursday if Senate Democrats ...

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 ...

At the hearing, Democrats questioned Hegseth’s bona fides—he has no experience leading a large organization—and his fitness ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth will try to convince members of the Senate ... Current Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a ...

Pete Hegseth faced fierce questioning over ... including current Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who was a leader in the initial invasion into Iraq. Lt. Col. Jim Mattis, Trump’s first defense ...