Vice President JD Vance was expected in the Senate, in the likely event he would be needed to break a tie, and Hegseth himself was at the Capitol with his family to watch the vote. Senate Majority ...

McConnell's vote of conscience against Pete Hegseth, following decades of obstruction, was rendered meaningless after J.D.

With his confirmation at stake, Pete Hegseth is working the phones ahead of a Senate vote to shore up support to become the ...

The Senate just barely confirmed Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary last week. Mitch McConnell’s vote against him in particular could spell trouble for Trump's shakiest nominees, including Robert F.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, once pitched the idea to ...

The new defense secretary’s goals run counter to the military’s apolitical tradition and efforts to build a force that ...

The vote may have been too close for comfort for all the wrong reasons -- but, at the end of the day, Pete Hegseth will be ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his ...

Veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will be the next secretary of defense after the Senate confirmed him by the narrowest of margins.

Veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will be the next secretary of defense, after he was confirmed late Friday.