Pete Hegseth has been rolling up his sleeves—literally—since being sworn in as President Donald Trump’s new defense secretary. On a visit to the southern border Monday, the former Fox News host kept ...

Donald Trump on Monday named Sean Parnell to serve as Chief Pentagon Spokesman and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for ...

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

The former sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth told senators in a sworn affidavit that he caused his second wife to fear for her ...

That’s called “jointness,” about which Hegseth knows little. He touted his Army background in the National Guard as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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In December, Senate Republicans bemoaned that confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, would be bad. Bad for them, they meant, because they’re ...

The Senate’s 50-50 vote for Pete Hegseth marked the second time in history that a vice president was called upon to break the ...

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 ...