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

The Senate on Thursday voted to advance Pete Hegseth's nomination to be President Donald Trump's defense secretary, putting him on a path to final confirmation at the end of the week.

Pete Hegseth should focus on shifting the American defense burden elsewhere, not on sharing it or changing course to meet it.

Va. Sen. Tim Kaine addresses concern for Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth ...

Meanwhile, Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth will face a test vote in the Senate that may indicate whether fresh allegations about this personal conduct that surfaced this week are ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, said women shouldn't serve in combat roles in the military before he walked his comments back.

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Kansas GOP Senator Roger Marshall praised Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth as “steady as a rock through” his confirmation hearing, and predicted that there would be maybe “one or two dissenting ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that aims to ease regulation on cryptocurrency, seeking to ...

Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned several people he said could be unfairly prosecuted ...

Trump began his second term with a series of executive actions. The 47th US president ordered a crackdown on immigration and withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and World Health ...