The U.S. Senate has confirmed Pete Hegseth as defense secretary. Vice President JD Vance cast a rare tie-breaking vote to ...

The job has proved fiendishly difficult in the Trump era. During his first term, the president cycled through no fewer than ...

Noem, a former congresswoman and current governor of South Dakota, vowed to ensure Biden-era immigration initiatives would be ...

Michigan's two Democratic senators probed Pete Hegseth's qualifications to lead the Pentagon and whether he'd follow illegal ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters said there are "serious questions" about whether Pete Hegseth is capable and qualified to ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary ...

peppered former Fox News commentator and former Army National Guard officer Pete Hegseth as to whether he would reject any ...

Two GOP senators said they believe Pete Hegseth will have the votes to be confirmed as the next U.S. defense secretary ...

Hegseth said his priorities, if he is confirmed as secretary of defense, would focus on the threat posed by China and defense of the homeland while reorienting the United States away from ...