Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth narrowly secured his nomination to President Donald Trump 's cabinet, nudged into the role by the tiebreaking vote of Vice President JD Vance after a handful of ...

Vice President Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and ...

N.C., is going all in on Kash Patel despite being a holdout on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whose confirmation came down ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) cited rising global threats as a reason for voting against confirming Pete Hegseth as defense ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday ...

The 44-year-old veteran and former Fox News host was sworn into office Saturday after facing allegations of sexual misconduct ...

Pete Hegseth needed the vice president's vote to break a Senate tie for his confirmation as Defense secretary. Kelly and ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended off allegations of ...

The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for ...

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a ...

Even the president isn’t sure if his defense-secretary pick can squeak through what is expected to be an extremely close ...