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 ...

Mitch McConnell was one of three Republicans voting against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth ... oversaw Hegseth's nomination process, said he knew in advance about McConnell's surprise vote.

Republican Louisiana U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday he will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of defense. Hegseth, a combat veteran and former Fox News ...

Senators on the Armed Service Committee received an affidavit Tuesday from the former sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, who said that the would-be defense secretary's behavior caused his second wife ...

WASHINGTON — An affidavit by a former sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of Defense, alleges that Hegseth regularly flew into alcohol-fueled rages ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn into his new position as secretary of defense Saturday morning after being confirmed in a contentious Senate vote the night before. Hegseth, a former Fox News host ...