McConnell joined Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, moderates from Maine and Alaska respectively, in creating what ...

Pete Hegseth is widely seen as a threat to the establishment that governs the Defense Department and its related industries.

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and ...

Pete Hegseth is only the beginning of Trump’s confirmation headaches - ANALYSIS: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and ...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott stood by President Trump’s embattled Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth in a nail biter Friday night on the Senate floor.

Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth recently survived a Senate procedural vote enabling him to be considered for the ...

Anti-establishment conservatives who opposed Thune for leader are satisfied but cautiously optimistic, as Trump turns up the ...

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

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

An armed man arrested at the U.S. Capitol said he planned to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense ...

Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in several controversies. Two ...

The vote came amid concerns about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and abusive ...