Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 26, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / ) Pete Hegseth, the defense ...

Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief moderated his stance to get the job but is now pushing for change in the name of high standards ...

At the "Salute to America" celebration several days ago in Iowa, Donald Trump boasts about bringing a "merit-based system" ...

"The View's" Alyssa Farah Griffin recognizes that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in trouble, but she isn't certain it's ...

Pete Hegseth is having trouble hiring new staff at the Pentagon. Some people don’t want to work with him after past firings and drama. Even the White House and Hegseth can't agree on who should ...

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) issued a scathing rebuke of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to his face during a two-minute statement where she slammed the ex-Fox News morning show host over everything ...

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, told U.S. Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth at his Senate hearing in January that she was worried about ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth vowed to "speed it up" when pressed about hiring delays at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Collins, chair of the Senate's Appropriations ...