Pete Hegseth, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran and former Fox News host who promised to “return the Pentagon to the warfighters,” was confirmed as President Trump’s defense secretary in a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation’s 29th secretary of defense, quickly joining President ...

Senators on the Armed Service Committee received an affidavit Tuesday from the former sister-in-law of Pete ... Hegseth's nomination to a full Senate vote that is expected to take place as early ...

Republican president-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, came under fire early at a Senate ... (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) Hegseth characterized ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for defense secretary, took part in a high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday that could determine whether his nomination ...

Pete Hegseth’s views on women in combat were a matter of public record long before the Senate Armed Services Committee heard his case to become Donald Trump’s Defense secretary. Women are ...

US Senate confirmed US President Trump's nominee Pete ... Hegseth joined the US Army national guard, serving as a military officer. He was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the early 2000s ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, will face a Senate panel Tuesday for his confirmation hearing as he is expected to be questioned over allegations ranging ...

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited ... the Iowa Republican senator who expressed early reservations about Hegseth, announced she would back his confirmation in a victory for Trump.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Some current and former defense leaders and veterans are questioning whether Pete Hegseth would be able to ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump ... In an interview with Megyn Kelly in early December, Hegseth gave a laundry list of DEI-related initiatives that he says Trump has told him to ...

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth narrowly earned enough Republican ... 10 straight weeks of session the Senate built into its early 2025 calendar to process Mr. Trump’s nominees.