Pete Hegseth met with senators on Capitol Hill last month. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Pete Hegseth has been accused of financial mismanagement while leading two small nonprofit organizations ...

Pete Hegseth, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran ... Former Vice President Mike Pence helped confirm Education Secretary Betsy Devos by offering the final vote in 2017. Hegseth thanked Trump ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied rumors that he drafted a list of senior military leaders he allegedly planned to purge after the rumor tore through the Pentagon last week and reportedly ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans this week to move up to $50 billion of the Pentagon’s budget from “low-impact and low-priority programs” to ones that align with President ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown, left, speak to reporters before a meeting at the Pentagon on Feb. 5. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) 34,734 people played ...