Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) put the procedural wheels in motion to confirm embattled secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth by the end of the week. Senate Republicans are moving ...

Sen. Thom Tillis told colleagues he was a ‘no’ the night before the defense secretary’s confirmation, setting off party ...

“Is Pete Hegseth truly the best we have to offer ... But Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Hegseth, as a veteran of the Army National Guard who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, “will bring a ...

Pete Hegseth has been narrowly confirmed as Donald Trump’s defence ... Mr Hegseth himself was at the Capitol with his family. Senate majority leader John Thune said Mr Hegseth, as a veteran of the ...

Republicans pushed forward with Pete Hegseth’s nomination as secretary of defense on Wednesday even after a damaging report emerged claiming that his second wife lived in fear of his “abuse.” Senate ...

Rarely has a Cabinet nominee faced such wide-ranging concerns about his experience and behavior as Hegseth, particularly for such a high-profile role leading the U.S. military.

WASHINGTON—Pete Hegseth, a former Army National Guardsman and Fox News ... including that of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.). The children later went to the gallery to watch the vote ...

Senate Republicans are steamrolling ahead on Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, and a new report detailing allegations of abusive behavior by the nominee have seemingly not dissuaded them ...

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's Defense secretary in a late-night vote that required a tiebreaking vote by Vice President JD Vance.

Pete Hegseth, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran and former Fox News host who promised to “return the Pentagon to the warfighters,” was confirmed as President Trump’s defense secretary in a dramatic ...