Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., called Hegseth's nomination to lead the Defense Department "unconventional" but compared him to Trump, and said that may just ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the Senate. The vote on Friday night was initially 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance then casting the ...

Pete Hegseth was confirmed as defense secretary late Friday by the U.S. Senate after Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

President Trump said he told King Abdullah II of Jordan during a phone call Saturday that he would like Jordan and Egypt to ...

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aiming to declassify remaining federal records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin ...

What’s going on: A major program contributing to the losses is the Air Force’s KC-46 tanker, which alone incurred an $800 ...

While President Donald Trump starts his second term many of his cabinet nominees are still awaiting confirmation in the ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday ...

The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump's defense secretary Thursday on a largely ...