U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attention-grabbing overseas debut may have irritated some key Republicans and alienated ...

The split screen is horrifying. On one side, a White House whose policy is in turns strident, revisionist, and then – it seems, sometimes – in urgent need of clarification. On the other, Ukraine, ...

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) painted recent remarks from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether Ukraine would be welcomed ...

Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s ...

Thom Tillis was considering a no vote on Pete Hegseth to be defense ... Tillis delivered the message directly to Senate Majority Leader John Thune the night before the vote, making clear that ...

Pete Hegseth, confirmed by the Senate as defense secretary Friday night in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie, takes over leadership of the Pentagon at a time of great ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, his choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, came under close scrutiny. News media reports shone a spotlight on the former "Fox ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, gives a thumbs-up at the completion of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation’s 29th secretary of defense, quickly joining President Trump’s Cabinet after a dramatic late-night vote in the Senate installed him as the ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn into his new position as secretary of defense Saturday morning after being confirmed in a contentious Senate vote the night before. Hegseth, a former Fox News host ...

Washington — The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth as the next secretary ... After he was sworn in Hegseth released his first message as defense secretary to the troops stating, "We will ...

Mitch McConnell was one of three Republicans voting against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth ... asked what his message was to McConnell or other Republicans who voted no. Hegseth will now take ...