A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.

Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chair of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, praised defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth‘s ability to communicate the global threats facing the United States in a ...

CNN's Manu Raju grilled Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) about Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth's FBI background check.

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into his outside perspective. “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots ...

Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, ...

Miss., center, accompanied by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. speaks during ...

Hegseth faced intense questioning from Democrats in his Armed Services Committee ... audiences— the committee, the United States Senate, and the general American public,” Wicker said after ...

U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss ... Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The United States has sanctioned the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces, accusing Gen.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Defense, answered questions Tuesday in a public hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) declared the hearing a “tour de force” and “triumph” on the part of Hegseth. “Mr. Hegseth had three audiences: the committee, the United States Senate and ...

WASHINGTON − Pete Hegseth emerged mostly unscathed by withering questioning during his confirmation hearing at the Senate Armed Services Committee ... Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ...