The Secretary of Defense of the United States is one of the most important jobs in the entire world. The person nominated for ...

Richard Blumenthal accused Hegseth, Trump's defense secretary nominee, of not making himself available to meet with senators ...

Pete Hegseth must be approved by the GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee before he can go before the full Senate for ...

To rightwing church movement he follows, Pete Hegseth's nomination is an answered prayer amid push for Christian influence in ...

Pete Hegseth, the controversial former Fox News host, has been accused of sexual assault and faces a grueling confirmation ...

It is the first serious test of Donald Trump’s newly invigorated strongman model of governance and of whether he can continue ...

Trump’s defense secretary pick would face a staggering challenge in readying America for war.

Some current and former defense leaders and veterans are questioning whether Pete Hegseth would be able to enforce discipline ...

Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump's first term, goes before Senate Intelligence ...

Notably, Gabbard questioned the US intelligence community’s assessments that Assad was behind a deadly chlorine gas attack the same year she met with the Syrian strongman, to which Trump said at the ...

Some are expected to have smooth confirmation paths, like Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, while others, like defense ...