4 takeaways from Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing. Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump pick to face ...

Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing at the Senate Armed Services Committee was notable for the maelstrom of unfounded criticism from women Members aimed at his previous remarks about women in ...

While Republicans gave Hegseth the chance to push back against allegations ranging from sexual assault to drunkenness, Democrats homed in on Hegseth’s controversial past to argue he’s not ...

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., had one of the most intense exchanges with Hegseth during the hearing, laying out multiple allegations of his personal misconduct. He suggested that Hegseth's oft-repeated ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been called out by journalists and critics over his response to former Fox News ...

Hegseth has proved one of Trump's most controversial nominations because of his polarizing views about women in the military, his lack of experience in military leadership and his alcohol use.

Hegseth got into a heated exchange with Sen. Jacky Rosen as the Nevada Democrat pressed him about previous antisemitic comments made by a Defense Department press secretary, Kingsley Wilson.

In one pointed exchange about the deployment of troops to Los Angeles, Hegseth accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat and vice-presidential candidate last year, of abandoning a police ...

President Donald Trump joked that embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is his “least controversial person” during a cabinet meeting at the White House Wednesday.. The lighthearted moment ...

In one particularly contentious exchange, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia pressed Hegseth on his infidelity stemming from the 2017 incident in a Monterey, California, hotel room, which ...

In one particularly contentious exchange, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia pressed Hegseth on his infidelity stemming from the 2017 incident in a Monterey, California, hotel room, which ...