Sen. Blumenthal grilled SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth on his qualifications despite reaffirming current support for the job ...

In a statement accompanying his report on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization, Pentagon Inspector General Robert ...

It's unclear who'll take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as ...

Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global ...

A telling moment in the supremely depressing Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, the Fox News personality who is Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, came right at the beginning, when ...

Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump ...

Wicker did not specify what day the vote would take place, but said it could be as late as next Thursday if Senate Democrats ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday was expected to deliver fireworks — and it didn’t disappoint. While Republicans gave Hegseth the chance to push back against allegations ranging from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a ...

A cursory review of Hegseth’s background reveals he has little knowledge or experience of complex national security issues.

At the hearing, Democrats questioned Hegseth’s bona fides—he has no experience leading a large organization—and his fitness ...

Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon endured fierce Democratic grilling over everything from his inexperience, alleged drinking ...