Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified as the Trump administration faces criticism over its decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles in response to protests over local immigration raids.

Pete Hegseth cleared a procedural hurdle Thursday for a final Senate vote to advance his confirmation to lead the Department of Defense, setting up a high-stakes showdown. A motion to invoke ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defence Secretary, defended his qualifications and vision during a contentious Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Hegseth emphasised ...

President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, was interrupted by at least three protesters during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. "Veterans are ...

Two GOP senators said they will not support President Trump’s Defense pick Pete Hegseth, who can only afford to lose three Republican votes and still clinch the nomination. The final Senate vote ...

Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, opposed Hegseth. Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday to advance his ...

Instead of a decisive showdown between Hegseth and the Democrats, his Senate Armed Services Committee hearing amounted to an inconclusive standoff with neither side yielding ground, a result that ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defence Secretary, defended himself during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, pledging to instil a "warrior culture" at the ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced President Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth as the nation’s Defense secretary on Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from ...

Photo: Christian Monterrosa/AFP/Getty Images Americans didn’t learn much about Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, but they did learn more about the ...

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An attorney for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth sent a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Wednesday, attempting to discredit new allegations detailed ...