Despite allegations of sexual assault, paying off an accuser, and drinking to incapacitation on the job, Pete Hegseth was confirmed as President Donald Trump's secreta ...

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.

Within hours of his inauguration, Mr. Trump began to pull security details from nearly a half-dozen people who had served in ...

The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration. Hegseth is a combat veteran who served in the Army National ...

Trump’s novice Defense secretary pick and report of a planned ‘warrior board’ fuel concerns in some circles over the sanctity of the military’s apolitical traditions. Nov. 14, 2024 Senate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. Robert Salesses ...

A portrait of Mark Esper’s time as secretary of the Army, a position he held before becoming Trump’s defense secretary after Jim Mattis, was also removed as of Wednesday. In its place there ...

Jan. 14, 7:17 a.m.Trump wished Hegseth luck in a Truth Social post ahead of the hearing, writing that he “will make a GREAT Secretary of Defense” and that he has Trump’s “Complete and ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, was unable to name a single country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during his confirmation hearing Tuesday—even ...

President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. Robert Salesses, deputy director of the ...