The defense secretary's media background has played a significant role as the department reels from the Army-involved crash ...

A Jan. 14 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims to outline an exchange involving Pete Hegseth, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. “Did you sexually ...

Newly-confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth received strong praise from President Trump and other Republicans following a ...

Pete Hegseth ... were named sources, Hegseth kept saying “anonymous smears.” Maybe Democrats should have hit him with some of those specifics. But they didn’t, so anyone who was watching ...

Pete Hegseth appeared not to know what the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is during his confirmation hearing. President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary said he ...

A decade of live television sharpened Pete Hegseth so much so that even Senate Democrats acknowledged his ability to mobilize the talking point during a confirmation hearing before the Armed ...

The military announced gender-neutral standards for combat roles in 2016. In his public bid to become the next defense secretary, former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth told a Senate panel on ...

Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth confidently asserted his fitness for the job Tuesday while being grilled by Senate Democrats about allegations of mismanagement, binge drinking and sexual ...

Pete Hegseth is in a new spotlight after leaving Fox News in 2024. His departure from the network came after Donald Trump nominated Hegseth to be the next U.S. secretary of defense, which is ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump ... machine gun you might have to carry doesn’t change,” Hegseth said. “And so whether it’s a man or a woman, they have to meet the same ...

Pete Hegseth ... misconduct have dogged Hegseth since Trump announced him as his choice to lead the Defense Department. Hegseth is one of several Trump nominees who are so controversial it ...