The Senate on Friday night voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after Vice President JD Vance stepped in to ...

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

The Senate’s 50-50 vote for Pete Hegseth marked the second time in history that a vice president was called upon to break the ...

Maine, breaks with party to vote against Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary. Can he still get confirmed?

Three GOP senators, including Mitch McConnell, voted against Trump’s embattled nominee, forcing J.D. Vance to break the tie.

On Jan. 21, before the Senate took Hegseth's confirmation to a vote, his former sister-in-law came forward with new ...

Pete Hegseth told Gen. Mark Milley, a longtime foe of President Trump, that the Pentagon is revoking his security detail and ...

The Defense Department intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days ...

Statements from Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine set the stage for a close vote on Friday.

Pennsylvania's junior senator must show he is willing to put the Constitution first. His vote for Pete Hegseth as secretary ...

Vance arrived to break the 50-50 tie, highly unusual for Cabinet nominees and particularly defense secretaries, who typically ...

Pete Hegseth was confirmed as defense secretary late Friday by the U.S. Senate after Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 ...