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

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

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

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

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

Pete Hegseth has tried to convince members of the Senate Armed Services Committee he should be the next secretary of defense ...

The former combat veteran and TV news show host says he will be a “change agent” and a “warrior” for the department.

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

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 ...

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

Pete Hegseth vowed to foster a "warrior culture" at the Pentagon and be a "change agent." He did not address the allegations ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, said in his Senate confirmation hearing that the ...