Hegseth has a history of supporting controversial policies, including using the US military to put down domestic riots, ...

The Senate on Friday night voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after Vice President JD Vance stepped in to cast the tiebreaking vote. Hegseth’s nomination had been hampered by ...

Kyle Peterson: The Senate votes narrowly with a vice presidential tiebreaker to approve Pete Hegseth as the ... is I'm going to direct the National Institutes of Health to do real science and ...

For several years now, the Pentagon has publicly acknowledged that China is its top national security priority.

Readers criticize the vote on the defense secretary nomination. Also: President Trump and tariffs; silencing health officials ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth ... hearing: Hegseth, 44, attended Princeton University and served in the Army National Guard ...

Following his confirmation, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is poised to be one of modern history’s most transformative ...

Tulsi Gabbard as director of the office of national intelligence; and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, the anti-vaccine advocate at Health and Human Services. “Is Pete Hegseth truly the best we have to ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

The Senate on Friday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth ... shift in the United States’ national security policy and leadership. Hegseth secured his post Friday ...

Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) cited rising global threats as a reason for voting against confirming Pete Hegseth ... of national intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health ...