Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in the Dirksen ...

Pete Hegseth cleared a procedural hurdle Thursday for a final Senate vote to advance his confirmation to lead the Department of Defense, setting up a high-stakes showdown.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, appears Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing.

Hegseth pressed over Trump's Iran plans 03:46. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to elaborate on potential U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, telling a Senate panel Wednesday his ...

Senator Thom Tillis seemingly implied to CNN's Jake Tapper that he would not vote to confirm Pete Hegseth if a vote were to ...

Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Jan. 14. Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images hide ...

Senate Republicans say Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice for Defense secretary, faces a very tough path to confirmation, a reality that has been communicated to the Trump transition team.

During her remarks in a Senate hearing in January, Senator Elizabeth Warren exposed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hateful ...

The Senate advanced Pete Hegseth's nomination as defense secretary, despite Democrats' objections and unease among Republicans over sexual assault allegations and concerns about his qualifications.

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks were back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday looking to shore up support among Republican senators, including Pete Hegseth, his embattled choice for defense ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Defense, is set to face his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. “There’s big issues of character that have ...