The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of ...

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla is pursuing answers after the Trump administration opened California dams using military resources.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed Tuesday to foster a “warrior culture” at the Pentagon and confronted allegations of sexual ...

Gen. Mark Milley, who earned Trump's spite during his first term, is losing his security clearance and protective detail.

Senators received an affidavit Tuesday from the former sister-in-law of defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in which she says his behavior caused his second wife to fear for her safety.

Pete Hegseth, the former co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, will be the next secretary of defense, after he squeaked by Senate ...

“Is Pete Hegseth truly the best we have to offer ... the White House to visit disaster-hit North Carolina and Los Angeles. “I hope he makes it.” Trump leveled criticism of Sen.

Re “G.O.P. Embraces Pick for Defense at Testy Hearing” (front page, Jan. 15): The selection of Pete Hegseth to be ... Mahlon Meyer Renton, Wash. Los Angeles is in the grip of an unprecedented ...

“We have a great secretary of defense,” President Donald Trump told reporters in Los Angeles. He said that the administration was “very happy” about the confirmation of Pete Hegseth and ...