Sen. Blumenthal grilled SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth on his qualifications despite reaffirming current support for the job ...

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

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

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, will appear before the Senate on Tuesday morning.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a ...

Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump ...

Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global ...

A telling moment in the supremely depressing Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, the Fox News personality who is Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, came right at the beginning, when ...

Wicker did not specify what day the vote would take place, but said it could be as late as next Thursday if Senate Democrats ...

When President Trump chose me for this position, the primary charge he gave me was — to bring the warrior culture back to the ...

A cursory review of Hegseth’s background reveals he has little knowledge or experience of complex national security issues.

Democrats say Hegseth’s lack of experience, his past comments about women and Black troops and allegations of excessive ...