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

Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host tapped by United States President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Pentagon, has come under fire at his Senate ... of the Armed Services Committee, described ...

Hegseth faced intense questioning from Democrats in his Armed Services Committee hearing ... that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America in full, quickly and without question." ...

Ernst sits on the Senate Armed Services ... the average United States senator supervises." Members of the audience were vocal in their approval of the remark. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand blasted ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Defense, answered questions Tuesday in a public ...

Democrats grilled Trump’s defense secretary pick over ugly allegations against him. But barring a last-minute surprise, he ...

Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was dragged by Democrats for his misogynist lies about women in the ...

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into ...

“Mr. Hegseth had three audiences: the committee, the United States Senate and the American ... Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), who asked how he could lead an active-duty ...

“Mr. Hegseth, I do not believe that you are qualified to meet the overwhelming demands of this job,” said Senator Jack Reed, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Reed ...