President-elect Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth, a former National Guard officer and Fox News host, as Secretary of Defense in November. Trump said, “With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice — Our Military will be Great Again,
Sen. Lindsey Graham says Defense secretary nominee Hegseth said he would. 'He told me he would release her from that agreement,' Graham, R-S.C., said.
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military, calling them part of a “Marxist” agenda to prioritize social justice over combat readiness.
Robby Soave and Ameshia Cross weigh in on Sen. Chris Murphy's comments on Donald Trump's tactics to target Democrats.
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks were back on Capitol Hill to shore up support among GOP senators, including his embattled Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth.
Trump campaigned on claims he was wronged by prosecutors, the media and top officials in his own administration, and famously told his supporters, “I am your retribution.”
Both men have framed these moves as politically shrewd, but that would hinge on the premise that Trump’s machinations are normal, rather than harmful to our democracy. Besides, is it politically shrewd to ignore threats of retribution against the American people?
President-elect Donald Trump and Joint Chiefs Chairman Charles Q. Brown Jr. spoke for about 20 minutes at the Army-Navy football game last weekend.
The court announced Thursday that it had overturned a decision by Judge Scott McAfee allowing Willis to remain on the case after she faced accusations of having an improper relationship with Nathan Wade, her special prosecutor. McAfee said Willis could remain on the case if she cut ties with Wade.
Amid this wrangling, the right-wing populist House Freedom Caucus, of which Greene is a member, expressed its dissatisfaction with the proposed bill, touting instead Representative Chip Roy’s proposed DOGE Act, which would slash federal spending—though not, of course, the Pentagon budget.
ABC, CBS and NBC has been "almost uniformly negative" when covering President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees, according to a new study.
Some senators have questioned his fitness for the role amid allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct.