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

The GOP-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee voted 14–13 along party lines to advance Hegseth’s nomination Monday ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's choice to head up the Pentagon, faced a Senate confirmation grilling from the Armed ...

Republicans appear poised to confirm Trump’s controversial nominee to lead the government’s largest and most complex agency ...

Democrats are grilling Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host, about his views on women in the ...

Pete Hegseth pitched himself as a "change agent" to lead the Defense Department while Democrats excoriated him as unfit ...

Even though Trump has not officially been inaugurated, the Senate can confirm cabinet members before his Oath of Office.

Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, withstood hours of questioning during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing.

A senator told Hegseth: "I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations." ...

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst announced that she would vote for Pete Hegseth to become Defense Secretary, making his path to Senate ...

As a rape survivor and advocate for tackling sexual assault in the military, Ernst's support for Hegseth had seemed uncertain ...

Hegseth wants to restore honor to Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the native North Carolinian whose name was replaced at Fort ...