The job has proved fiendishly difficult in the Trump era. During his first term, the president cycled through no fewer than ...

The two term South Dakota Gov. was tapped by Trump in Nov. and will be key in enacting the new president's mass deportation ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters said there are "serious questions" about whether Pete Hegseth is capable and qualified to ...

Michigan's two Democratic senators probed Pete Hegseth's qualifications to lead the Pentagon and whether he'd follow illegal ...

peppered former Fox News commentator and former Army National Guard officer Pete Hegseth as to whether he would reject any ...

Vice President JD Vance delivered a tie breaking vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, as secretary of ...

Hegseth said his priorities, if he is confirmed as secretary of defense, would focus on the threat posed by China and defense of the homeland while reorienting the United States away from ...

The nomination of Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense received support from Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin on Tuesday, Jan.